The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-27
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| ward %, 45lf. The cost OF the recovery OF Iand
would be fourteen francs per hectare The marsh
OF Maccarese would require machine OF $50 horse
power. 900 tons OF coal yearly, and fourteen days
TO It's first exhaustion. sum or S55,6ilI would
be necessary to cover the first expenses. then an
annual expenditure OF 5o.SsII, ana twelve francs
would cover the cost OF each hectare OF land thus
won. The smaller marshes, swamps, stagnant
pools, &c, could be dried in the same way. Prince
T0ronla has already shown the government what
can be done IN this direction. In future letter
Will describe his great labor OF draining Lake Fu-
cino.
THE CULTURE OF THE cAMPAGXA.
Signor Pareta then proposes the kind OF culture
to which the Campagna is best adapted. In the
valley OF the Tiber, where the soil is deep and
fruitful, agriculture on large scale. The land
could be kept free from stagnant waters, at pres
ent left by foundations, by the formation OF dikes
The sandy lands on the seashore were best planted
with forest The portions more inland are just "a
well adapted for cereals as the valley OF the Tiber
ITSELF The drainage would not be very difficult
matter, since the water is not deep, and could
be removed by levelling the surface Of the land.
For the hllsides which are now furrowed and laid
bare OF SOIL by the torrents, he proposes the plant
ing OF f-ut trees or even the culture OF tue vine
winch thrives amazingly around Frascatl where
our friend Mr.. Strut has pleasant summer
homestead.
Mr.. Strut received at the Vienna Exposition
medals for his red and white wines. and his were
the only medals received by any wine grower OF
the Campagna. But Signor Pareta does not ex-
pect to change the character OF the Campagna IN
q single day, as with magician's wand. The
sudden transformation OF the entire region w0ulo
involve, he thinks, cost OF loo. 900 600 francs, or
500 francs per acre. and then IL would be years
before the trees became productive, whereas BY
steady, progressive Improvement Nature herself
would come to the assistance OF man, and in hf-
teen or twenty years the entire Campagna would
be q blooming, prosperous stretch OF country, and
q beautiful frame for the setting OF the Eternal
City. He condemns the project OF attempting to
remedy the condition or the Campagna by colon
Hation. 1t would be- he says, digging grave for
the coloRisrs to send them out there at present.
1t would oe premature to tell you what Garibaldi
intends 10 do with the Campagna Just now. His
plans are not completed. He has at present only
drawn the line on his big map for an lrrigating
canal rom Tivoli TO the sea, as shown the plan
already sent you; but this project alone will not
suffice to the Identification" OF the Agro Romano.
The report OF the scientific men engaged with
Garibadi to study the subject Is expected shortly,
ana when it appears l Will at once forward 1t to
you. Unfortunately the General commences with
his great national work too late in life Born IN
july 1907 he is now sixty-eight; but we trust he
has twenty years more OF life. in order that he
may see his great plans accomplisAed-the Agro
Romano blooming paradise. the Tiber well.
conGucted river, bearing on Its bosom the
wealth Of nations TO the Italian capital, and
Fiumlcno and Port Tra)an filled with the shipping
OF the world.