The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-08

latter being turned by some beast Of
burden. There Is usually a boy. girl
or old man, VINO 81, IN the shaft
and drives the beast round
These sakiyohs screcch terribly, and
their noise almost breaks the ear
drums of the tourists who come near
them. / remember d remark that
Justice Brown Of our Supreme Court
made while we were stopping together
at the hotel at Assouan, which is just
opposite the Elephant Island, with one
of these sakiyehs in plain sight and
hearing. II was that he should like
to give an appropriation to Egypt. and
that large enough to enable the people
TO oil every sakiyeh up and down the
Nile valley. I doubt however, whether
the fallahs would use the oil, If they
had it, for they say that the blind
folded cattle Will not Urn the wheel
when the noise stops.
American Farming Machinery.
There should be an opening here for
American farming machinery. Egypt
IS raising wheat. cotton and corn. the
very same crops that we produce in
large quantities, and our m~achiner
ought to sell well. 1t is not pushed,
however, Il almost all the farm
tools come from Europe. Great Bri-
tain supplies the most of them,
switzerland and Germany have q
small share OF the trade, and after
that the United States, as usual,
AR in the rear. We should sell these
people plows and threshing machines,
and light, Wel!-made hoes and mat
toClIs should be in demand. Just now
most Of the valley is dug over by
hand, and wheat, barley and corn are
threshed with fails.
The demand fer farm machinery is
increasing. There was almost twice
as much sold during the first six
months of last year as during a similar
period OF 1905. and the general pros
perity leads to the belief that this
increase will go on.
Egypt's Watch Market.
There is now a craze among the
peasants of Egypt to own watches.
They want a cheap article, and in
many cases buy a fresh watch every
year. AS a result the Swiss and Ger
mans have been flooding the country
with poor movements. put up in fancy
German silver, nickel and gun-metal
cases, and are selling them at 81 and
upwards apiece. They are not equal
to our timepieces which sell at 81.
Some of these watches are advertised
as of American make. n they sell
the quicker on that account. | doubt
not that q good American watch
would sell well and displace the poor
stuff now sent in by the Swiss.
A Big Trade IN Textiles.
our American cOlIGn factors ouSlI
to study this market The $4,000, 900
inhabitants Of. the Nile valley dress
almost entirely in cotton, and we are
making goods in u mills which
could be easily sold here at q profit.
Our cottOns are considered far better
than those OF England or Germany in
the other African markets, and there
is no reason why they should not have
a hold here in Egypt. This country
took $4,000. coo worth of textiles last
year. Almost twenty millions of that
came from Great Britain, and most Of
the balance vas sent III from France.
Austria, Italy and Germany Turkey
sold goods to the amoun of $1,000
900 and America came in with less
than $4,000, and that n~otwithstand-
ing the greater part of he raw cot
ton used by the other countries have
mentioned was raised in our Southern
Estates.
We ought TO sell Egypt a large part
of her lumber, and we ought to have
q share in the market for Q a There
is absolutely no wood in the country
and everything in that line has to be
imported,
FRANK CT. CARPENTER.