The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-15

In Egypt the stalk grows all of six feet
and often so tall that it will hide a man
riding through on horseback.
Our cotton does better when the plant
is not so high" said Colonel Smith. I'VE
do not like much weed. 1t takes from
the fruit, and then in this country, where
we have plenty of rain, the under fruit
would be apt to rot. Cotton needs plenty
of sun, and light and air.
"In my country we do not have any
rain. There is no cloudy weather even,
and there is harm to the plant from
tall weeds. Then the larger the weed, the
more fuel we get, and that is needed at the
pumping station to run the engine" re-
Piled the paSha.
"ls there any cotton in this country
which is grown by irrigationY" he asked
No one knew of any. That was very odd
to him.
The corn, the clover, the cowpeas, every
thing he saw growing he made inquiries
in posting him on it all The value of cow
peas impressed the visitor and he will intro
duce them in Egypt.
You will find that they are as fine as
anything you can grow, Colonel Smith
the stock as forage and we pillow them
under to improve the land, and there is
nothing better unless it is clover. l be-
lieve that the cowpea will do great thing
for your land
Far from the stars.
At night, the pasta remarked that the
stars seem fewer over Georgia than over
the country of Cleopatra.
you are so near to them" he observed.
And then he explained that in his country
the sky is clear and the heaven blue and
the stars glitter like many diamonds.
1t is easy to read Il newspaper any night
by the light of the stars and the moon
The tourists who visit Egypt rave over the
beautiful starlight nights
"Oh, they are the nights for sentiment
for young lovers, for poetry, for serenades
and astronomy. Our people We're astron-
omers from the ancient times. Perhaps
they had an advantage i'll being closer to
the stars than the people of other coun-
tries"
Two Sorts of Gins.
On Monday morning the machinery was
inspected Mr.. Picton had an idea that
the Egyptian roller gin would be better
for the cotton than the Georgia gin. After
examining the seed and the gins, he con
cluded that the roller gin, such as is used
in that country, would not DO here The
Egyptian cotton has smooth seed which
can be shaken out. 1t is only necessary
to shake the cotton and the seed drop out
The merchants there object strongly to the
saw gin because it cuts and tears the sta
pie. Their staple is probably half an inch
longer than the staple of the Georgia up
land cotton. Colonel Smith has Il large
oil mill and refinery. In Egypt the seed
is exported. There is no cottOnseed oil mill
in the country. He got good idea of
the process of extracting the OIL and he
said the Georgia farm bale is about like
the farm bale in Egypt only the bale he
makes is larger. weighing 100 pounds.
Colonel Smith has POO mules on his plan
tation. 800 head Of cattle and 400 hogs
The visitors looked at the stock, not all Of
it for it was scattered about, but they saw
= large part of it. They inspected the
dairy where he makes sixty pounds of
butter Der day, selling it for 20 to 30 cents
a pound.
The pasha was invited to take a ride on
the locomotive and he got the first expert
ence of that kind he ever had. He thought
ii was rather hot. but he stood it AL right.
The party ran over Il few miles of the road
and came back and went to the convict
camp. IaSha Mayer was SHOWN all through.
He went into the sleeping quarters. the
hospital. the kitchen. the storehouse and
the guards quarters and made numerous
inquiries. Colonel Smith has now in camp
about 40 convicts. He says that they do
not pay ana that he makes more money
out of his free wages labor and would be
glad If the lease was up this year.
careful estimate was made of the cost
of making cotton in this country, and Il
was found to be on an average of s cents
per pound or within Il fraction of it. for the
average farmer on average land for an
:
little less and it costs some farmers more.
Egypt Has y" Advantage.
The pasha stated that if cotton gets as
low as s cents in Egypt there will be no
money III ii for his countrymen. They can
not make it for less than that, SO although
they have cheap labor, there are other
things which offset that aS the cost of rri-
cation, the more frequent blowing and the
lack of improved implements for cultiyating
it. One difficulty in the way Of using Il
ton in rows about two feet apart each way.
Their land is perfectly level and they check
their land. When the plant gets some size
the paSha doubts if pillow can be used in
it to advantage The earth is hoed up in
ridges about the plant and the water is
allowed to flow in these burrows every ten
days. They are filled Il foot deep The water
is soon absorbed by the thirsty earth and
it stands dry for ten days more. If the
Nile is low and water is a little scarce it
may be fifteen days sometimes before Il
planter gets TO flood his crop.
The pasha will leave for Washington to-
day. He has been greatly pleased with his
visit and appreciated very deeply, indeed,
the hospitality and interest of Colonel
Smith. The latter gave his guest packages
Of Kolb Gem watermelon seed and some
seed from the Primus Jones melon, also
cow peas. The paeha said that he will send
Colonel Smith several kinds of seed to ex-
pertinent with and they will exchange seed
from Time To time ana report as 10 results.
Colonel Smith wants to try some Egyptian
cotton and see how it does on this side.
American md Egyptian Labor.
Pasha Maher thinks the American far
mer is great eater. After seeing how
things are running on Il great American
plantation, he stated that the laborer in
this country Is far better off than the
Egyptian fellah. The latter gets only about
two piasters, or 10 cents, Il day, while the
farm laborer i'll this country gets at least
30 cents. That struck the Egyptian Il
high price to pay for labor when cotton
brings only 5 and cents Il pound He saw
how much the farm laborer has to eat the
variety and the quality. MANY a time our
fellahs sit down to Il dinner of piece of
bread, an onion and salt. They make a
hearty meal on this simple diet. 1t is cheap,
and their meals have to be. The native
peasants get little or no meat and few
Vegetables They live in II hut, made of
sun-dried brick. The Nubians who come
down the country to work in the fields
make themselves a sort of mud hut. The
garment is simple blouse, dyed blue gem
orally.
The British Occupation.
England now has about 5000 troops in