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Egyptian Irrigation : A Study of Irrigation Methods and Administration in Egypt (Classic Reprint).cClarence T Johnston
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Author: Clarence T Johnston
Page Count: 136 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781330146842
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Excerpt from Egyptian Irrigation: A Study of Irrigation Methods and Administration in Egypt Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on Egyptian irrigation, prepared by Clarence T. Johnston, assistant chief of irrigation investigations of this Office. Mr. Johnston spent the winter of 1901-2 in Egypt, making a study of irrigation methods and laws. This report gives the results of his observations and inquiries. In the valley of the Nile irrigation has been practiced for thousands of years, and if time and experience were in themselves sufficient we ought to find water distributed with more skill and used with better results there than in any other country. Such, however, is not the case. On the contrary, the irrigators of this country have little to learn from Egypt so far as practical methods are concerned. The reasons for this are not obscure. One is the lack of inventive and mechanical skill on the part of the fellah. Here every implement used in agriculture has been subject to constant change and improvement; the Egyptian still uses a crooked stick for a plow and beats out his corn as did his ancestors in the time of the Pharaohs. In this country we have already evolved special machinery for the construction of canals, building of laterals, and cleaning out and enlarging of ditches; in Egypt man canals are still cleaned by throwing the mud out by hand. The lessons of Egypt, therefore, so far as irrigation practice is concerned, are of negative value. There is another reason why this is so. Irrigators in Egypt are paid 15 cents a day. Their methods are possible only with this low wage rate, hence they can not be adopted in a country like ours, where higher wages are paid. The showing of the yield and profits of irrigated land in Egypt is, however, full of significance and promise to the arid commonwealths. It is only on irrigated land that the average net return from sugar cane reaches $80 to $85 an acre. The revenues of the Egyptian Government from the areas devoted to dates runs from $10 to $45 an acre, and the net profit to the cultivator approximates $150 an acre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Egyptian Irrigation : A Study of Irrigation Methods and Administration in Egypt (Classic Reprint).cClarence T Johnston
Author: Clarence T Johnston
Page Count: 136 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781330146842
Download Link: egyptian irrigation a study of irrigation methods and administration in egypt (classic reprint)
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Excerpt from Egyptian Irrigation: A Study of Irrigation Methods and Administration in Egypt Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on Egyptian irrigation, prepared by Clarence T. Johnston, assistant chief of irrigation investigations of this Office. Mr. Johnston spent the winter of 1901-2 in Egypt, making a study of irrigation methods and laws. This report gives the results of his observations and inquiries. In the valley of the Nile irrigation has been practiced for thousands of years, and if time and experience were in themselves sufficient we ought to find water distributed with more skill and used with better results there than in any other country. Such, however, is not the case. On the contrary, the irrigators of this country have little to learn from Egypt so far as practical methods are concerned. The reasons for this are not obscure. One is the lack of inventive and mechanical skill on the part of the fellah. Here every implement used in agriculture has been subject to constant change and improvement; the Egyptian still uses a crooked stick for a plow and beats out his corn as did his ancestors in the time of the Pharaohs. In this country we have already evolved special machinery for the construction of canals, building of laterals, and cleaning out and enlarging of ditches; in Egypt man canals are still cleaned by throwing the mud out by hand. The lessons of Egypt, therefore, so far as irrigation practice is concerned, are of negative value. There is another reason why this is so. Irrigators in Egypt are paid 15 cents a day. Their methods are possible only with this low wage rate, hence they can not be adopted in a country like ours, where higher wages are paid. The showing of the yield and profits of irrigated land in Egypt is, however, full of significance and promise to the arid commonwealths. It is only on irrigated land that the average net return from sugar cane reaches $80 to $85 an acre. The revenues of the Egyptian Government from the areas devoted to dates runs from $10 to $45 an acre, and the net profit to the cultivator approximates $150 an acre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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