The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

i, A donkey will carry one bag of wheat at a load, and thousands of bushels are thus transported. The bag rests on the little animals back without being fastened and the donkey moves along without bridle or halter, its Arab master following behind. They Work for Twenty Gents Day.
 The most of the labor here is done by the Kayles. The Arabs and Moors are lazy, but these white Africans, who are of our race, like the almighty dollar quite as well as their American cousins, and will work for it. I see them every where; in the grain fields in the vine yards and in the orchards and gardens.
 They are employed by the French farm CTS and come down in gangs from their homes in the Atlas mountains to aid In the harvest. At such tiresas they live in little straw shacks which are built for the purpose. They cook their own food on fires out of doors and sleep on the ground Their pay Is from 20 to 40 cents a day, without food or from Sc to S10 per month. The European farm laborers are paid from 50 to 80 cents a day. or s10 a month and found. At the time of the grape harvest they get more.
 Wine at Two Cents a Quart.
 The vineyards of the Tell are quite as important as the grain fields. This Is one of the best wine growing countries of the world; 1t is now producing so many grapes that they are drug on the market. Good wine can now be bought for about cents a quart bottle, and 1t Is cheaper than pure water. Indeed 1t Is so low that the yineyardists tell me 1t hardly pays to make 1t.
 I have never seen such grapes any where. l measured some that were served for desert at the hotel here last night They were three and a half inches in far +l,o,, in diameter. They tasted as sweet as maple syrup and their flavor was deli cious. The best of the grapes now in the market sell for about a cent a pound.
 I have seen excellent vineyards every where I have gone. Algeria has almost a half million acres devoted to them, and they extend from one end of 1t to the other. The wine annually made runs be- tween one hundred and two hundred mill lion gallons, and 1t sells for from twenty five to thirty million dollars, the most of 1t going to France The French are care full as to the introduction of friut diseases into the colonies, and they have stringent laws against the importation of trees, plants and vines, as well as of flowers and fresh fruits. Indeed, the only vege- tables now admitted are potatoes, we'll cleaned.
 Algeria produces all sorts of fresh gar den stuff. We have green peas and beans as well us asparagus, celery and lettuce. Radishes are raised In great quantities. egg plants and tomatoes thrive and onions and potatoes yield two crops a year. Vegetables by the shipload go to France throughout the year. and Paris Lyons, Marseilles and other French cities rely upon this country for their winter supplies of fresh fruit and garden stuff
 Algerian Fruits.
 The Tell is now producing almost every thing that can be grown in the United States. It has apples, peaches and pears. as well as figs and olives oranges and lemons. The olive thrives well up into the Atlas mountains and many of the trees are centuries old. They live so long that the people have a saying that he who plants an olive Is laying up treas ures for his childrens children. The olive crop is now worth about $5 000, 900 a year, and 2000 tons of olive oil are annu- ally exported There are, altogether, about 100000 olive trees; of which 6,000,- GOO are grafted. The natives consume large quantities of olive oil. Even the Kabyles make 1t in rude way and store it in their huts for the winter. It Is used for cooking. and has largely the same place that butter has with us.
 There Is an enormous number of figs produced in Algeria, and something like 30.000.000 pounds are annually exported The fruit is fine, although not equal to that raised In Smyrna Some of the va rieties are white and others blue. The