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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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the basin system of irrigation, i.e. sul)ni(rsion at high Nih^. is generally atlliered to, cereals and vegetables are produced, Init in .snnnner cotton and sngar-cane are grown in the Fayuni and Ibrahiniia canal tracts. Where there is perennial irrigation two or three cro])s are sccnred annnally ; lands irrigated in th>od oidy are nnder millet, or if low-lying are drained when the flood goes nlf, and then produce the winter crop of wheat, l)eans, or clover. 'Die following table refers to the cultivation of cotton : —

Year

Area cultivated Fedtlans

Yield

' Produce per feddan

Kantars

Kantars

1888

1,021,250

2,900,000

2-84

1889

852,829

8,158,000

3-7

1890

864,400

4,160,000

4-8

1891

851,000

4,765,000

5-5

1892

864,000

4,987,500

5-8

In 1886, 2,444 villages were occupied in the culture of cotton out of a total of 3,781; in 1889 the number was 2,685; in 1896 the cotton cro]> amounted to 5,879,479 kantars. In 1897 the sugar crop amounted to 72,918,250 kantars (kantar = 99 lbs. ).

In the following talde the agricultural condition of each of the provinces in Lower and Upper Egypt is indicated : —

No. of

No. of

No. of

No. of

No; of

No. of

Villages

Feddaiis cultivated

Farm

Animals

Per 100

Slieep and Goats

Per 100

FruitTrees Per 100

Date, Trees Per 100

Lower Egvpt :

ft'ddaiis

leddans

feddans

feddans

Behera

403

467,662

12

13

23

22

Charkieh

451

434,982

12

9

24

116

Dakahlieh.

449

462,367

11

13

13

27

Gharbieh

552

840,089

17

16

16

25

Kalioubieh ,

166

187,180

17

19

325

70

Menoulieh.

338

351,710

33

18

43

8

2,359

2,743,990

17

14

42

40

Upper Egypt :

Assiout

292

419,100

10

30

21

84

Beni Souef.

174

231,610

15

16

8

46

Fayoum

87

231,045

8

13

54

105

Guizeh

168

181,176

19

36

9

195

^linia ,

268

397,240

6

9

17

54

Esna.

195

150,459

18

11

i

348

Guerga

110

325,915

16

51

9

96

Kena.

126

280,927

10

34

' 10

92

1,420

2,217,472

13

25

17

106 '

Total, Egypt.

3,779

4,961,462

14

20

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