RAISING DATES IN THE SAHARA.

Lake County Press, Issue 2134, 6 September 1906, Page 7

RAISING DATES IN THE SAHARA.

In I hat region of the Sahara Desert, called the Oued Souf. in the extreme southeastern part, of Algeria, there exists a highly developed system cif datepaltu culture, in spile of the. facts that, the face of the land consists of sand dunes, that the rainfall is pract ica.'ly nothing, and that irrigation is impracticable. The date-palm gardens lie in the hollows among the sand duties, where although there are no springs and no running: water, the ground water lies only at a depth of n few feel.. 'Hie root.s of the palms roach down to the moisture., and thus the spectacle is produced of groves of fruitful pill ins growing in the midst of a desert of pure sand. The solar heat is so great that Uie hollows art like forctojr housetf.