. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. IS NOTES ON KOViniAN AUUlCl'LTlfRK. at'tor borseem, wliilo a^ciiii thoy would Ix- miahlc to dispose of HUCfh a ([Uaiitity of clover were it ^rowii. Tho hiiihU ciillivator is, as alreacly meiitioiuHl, the raiser of cattle, and <-aii always <lispose of his clover crop to advantage. Larj?e administrations iii Egypt are now using steam plows, and by means of them th(^ land is thoroughly plowed for cotton during tlie autumn mouths to a depth of 12 inches. With this exc(^ption, how- tn'er, tlu^ cotton an^a of Egypt is prepared by m(;ans of the ord
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. IS NOTES ON KOViniAN AUUlCl'LTlfRK. at'tor borseem, wliilo a^ciiii thoy would Ix- miahlc to dispose of HUCfh a ([Uaiitity of clover were it ^rowii. Tho hiiihU ciillivator is, as alreacly meiitioiuHl, the raiser of cattle, and <-aii always <lispose of his clover crop to advantage. Larj?e administrations iii Egypt are now using steam plows, and by means of them th(^ land is thoroughly plowed for cotton during tlie autumn mouths to a depth of 12 inches. With this exc(^ption, how- tn'er, tlu^ cotton an^a of Egypt is prepared by m(;ans of the ordinary native plow drawn by two bullocks. (See fig. 1.) As a geuitral rule, four plowings are given in preparation for cotton, each being at right angles to the previous one. Tlie plow is somewhat comparable to the '' scooter" employed in the L'nited States for laying off the cotton rows. The beam, wliich is. «o^ .«&^ Pio. 1.—Oi'dinary native i)low made of wood, is about 10 feet long, while the part which i)rojects from it at an angle of about 25° is also made of wood, but shod w4th iron, the weight of the whole being about GO pounds or more. This is the plow in almost universal use in Egypt, though on some areas cultivated by Europeans a few modern plows, provided with mold- boards which turn a furrow, are used. The nature of the plow does not admit of the soil being inverted, but merely stirs it. The angle between the draft pole and the sole of the plow can be increased or diminished by adjustment. It is laid down as an axiom by the best cotton growers that cotton land should be plowed early and left exposed for some time. In a practically rainless clinuite there is nothing to fear from the leaching effects of rain, while it is universally accepted that cotton sown on such land germinates better and grows more regularly. Growers are fully alive to the necessity of deep and thorough cultivation, and some careful farmers plow their land even more than four times. I
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