Show WASTE ASTE LAND MADE FERTILE remarkable results result have followed experiments only recently undertaken in egypt As an indica indication tion ot of the ultimate outcome in the great delta ot of egypt where acres of wash salt land awaits development toward tile end of 0 1912 about SOO 00 acres of absolutely waste land at blala were taken in hand band the land was so heavily impregnated with salt that for ages noth ing had grown on it A scientific system of 0 irrigation and drainage was laid out under direction of lord kitchener aner at a cost of 50 an aero acre and it was then handed over to the fellaheen in five acre plots for cultivation last year the land was washed and a crop of rice vas growel grown giving a satisfactory yield after the rice crop the salt distribution was measured and the percentage was considerably reduced to the great astonishment of the fellaheen cultivators a permanent result had been achieved in one year which unde c the ordinary system prevailing in the country would have taken thre or four years to accomplish cotton Is now therefore being satisfactorily grown on a fair proportion of this area and it is expected that it III bring from 75 to an acre |