Weekly news letter . e. The trip down the Nile from the veryheadwaters at Ripon Falls was most in-teresting because of the immense devel-opment of native grasses and grain sor-ghums which almost everywhere linethe banks of the Nile. Seeds of theseplants were secured at many different stations. The agriculture, methods ofirrigation and cultivation, especially inthe upper and lower Sudan, were of espe-cial interest to an American agriculturist. The African expedition ended at PortSudan September 2, 1920. Dr. Shantzbrought with him about 3,000 photo-graphs in addition to the many plantspecimens s
Weekly news letter . e. The trip down the Nile from the veryheadwaters at Ripon Falls was most in-teresting because of the immense devel-opment of native grasses and grain sor-ghums which almost everywhere linethe banks of the Nile. Seeds of theseplants were secured at many different stations. The agriculture, methods ofirrigation and cultivation, especially inthe upper and lower Sudan, were of espe-cial interest to an American agriculturist. The African expedition ended at PortSudan September 2, 1920. Dr. Shantzbrought with him about 3,000 photo-graphs in addition to the many plantspecimens sent or brought back. The living plant material is now grow-ing in the various plant-introduction gar-dens of the department preparatory tobeing distributed later to experiment sta-tions and special experimenters in differ-ent parts of the country. Purebred or grade dairy cows fre-quently earn for their owners 25 to 100per cent more than the returns receivedfrom scrubs. iSniXGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1920 .1. NnnaHrfter
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