PALESTINE DEVELOPMENT
, E»pid progress is being made in developing Palestine under Bntieh Government for tho Holy. Land i» now governed under a mandate. There are 600,000 inhabitants of whom only 100,000 are Jow 6 . The Turks did everything possible during the war to ruin the country. Palestine is a very small country, and . *t» agricultural one resembling m topography Spain or Southern Italy. There re much waste land which will be reclaimed by irrigation. It is believed that a second California can be created. Palestine novr, exports barley, oranges, olives, olive oil, and winesi There are two growing seasons in the year, and the soil, when irrigated is most productive. Near Jatta there are .1000 acres of 1 vineyards. Almonds arc grown there and wonderful oranges and grapefruit. The colonists are just beginning to develop the fruit-grow-ing possibilities, but to-day throughout Palestine one c&n see the terraced hillsides that made the whole country a garden 2000 years ago, and it will not be difficult to make the country a garden »Kain- ' '
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 16
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171PALESTINE DEVELOPMENT Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 16
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