CULTIVATING CARTHAGE.
Modern invention has appeared at the site of the ancient City of Carthage which now is one of the vast lonely plain. Nothing remains but the shadeless wheat fields where one may see the camel plodding along, dragging a modern plough or cultivator. The soil is as rich as it was on the day when the Phoenicians founded the city, and the farmer and his industries have found their way to the historic spot where the Romans wrought such devastation in their conquests. English speaking men in charge of native workmen, may be seen directing the us 6 of the modern farming implements in harvesting and tilling the soil. These machines are a source of wonder to the natives, who for generations employed only the crudest of farm implements. The place is on the northern coast of Africa, about ten miles from the present City of Tunis.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15129, 21 February 1922, Page 6
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