Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-11
letter from Nazareth.

Nazareth. Palestine. May 20. 1855
To the Editor.
Inc day before yesterday We left
Halia Tor run toward TiberlaH and
the Sea ~ GalllCc. The road from iiaifu
leads up the kiahun east with Mount
Carmel on the right and the plains ~
klahon and Akkn on the left. This wall
lsy IL very fertile II handled properly.
but In it, present condition Il n near
ly useless, When the rainy season sets
IN 10 il Hooded and the grain II drowned
oui. as the land IL quite level Now this
un largely be rcmedled especially
tgher up where the brook ~ more
rrep and the rnvinc deep. hence the
efuinage IN meaHurnbly easy. The soil
which N ~ u reddish loan IN very rich
all over ana aa q rule very productive,
What II needs n proper farming and
attention. AZ present II produces. fe-
Yer, a practical uerman WIKI whom
the writer conyerscd upon the subject
stated that all grain products were
very profitable NJ the export was good
and prices for home consumption above
European markctH Also fruits would
lind splentld market II only tho pen-
ple put In ~ the best qualities. Hut he
said that thcGcrman c1lonlfts had sur.
fcftd 80 much because they had tried
20 farm Ra In Germany and had
brought In varieties not profitable lie
Huld. " the eye was open to the demand
~ the market, growing the right kinds
and putting them up aalenhlr, then IL
would pay alright and people ana wen.
hut where people remained narrow
minded ana partial 90 old country ways
and Ideas. they could not do we'll. In
word. with carefulncaa. said he. the
country Il well adapted for a livelihood
aud certainly needs progressive mra-
surys, As for the Bedulna or Arabs
un the west OF jordan. they were now
completely HuhjuEated by the govern.
Wrnt and would naturally Yield 60 pro-
rfrHH At present they are qui'r ncccs-
fAry 90 the country, they are Hccli-
mated ana can do the work better than
ono who II not aclimatcd. therefore
they should be employed ~ much NJ
possible. This man II business man
40 tWtutysclEht years experience In
Palestine. This meets the idea of the
writer who has now spent good deal
~ time In Turkey and Palestine. The
country contains hidden treasure Of
wealth Not In mineral but In hgri-
culture and fruit growing II II pro-
y.dgi with a nne cllmate,mhking u very
fertile. The early and the latter rains
have been retained according To bless
lnrs pronounced by the servants ~ the
Lord In this generation, even 80 much
tp that In many places the water II SUI
p'iilouH This N not upon the hills or
mountains but In the low lands. The
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