Agriculture Without Irrigation in the Sahara Desert (Classic Reprint) Hardcover – February 14, 2019

Excerpt from Agriculture Without Irrigation in the Sahara DesertIn View Of the interest in farming without irrigation that is now being manifested in the arid portion of the United States, an account of a region where agriculture is carried on under extremely adverse natural conditions is particularly timely. The present paper deals with a highly developed system of date-palm culture in the Oued Souf, a remarkable and little-known part Of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa. Strictly speaking, it is not dry - land agriculture with which we have to do in the Souf region, for while the rainfall is practically nothing and irrigation is impracticable, the roots of the trees quickly find their way to ground Water. However, it is quite possible that similar conditions may be found to exist in this country in some parts of the desert region Of the Southwest, and that the Souf system, with or without irrigation, can be utilized there on a small scale in growing certain orchard crops with a View to forcing fruit to early maturity, so that it can be put upon the market much in ad vance Of the bulk Of the crop.The Oued Souf was Visited by Mr. Kearney at the end Of Novem ber, 1904, the journey having been made from Nefta, in southwestern Tunis, Where he had Spent Several weeks in a study Of the date palm. This expedition to northern Africa was made under the auspices Of the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction and Distribution of the Bureau of Plant Industry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read more