The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

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Indeed, 1t is so,low that the yineyardists
tell me It hardly pays to make II.
have never seen such grapes any
wherd measured some that were
served for dessert at the hotel here last
night They were three and a half
inches in circumference, or more than
an inch in diameter. They tasted as
sweet as maple syrup and their flavor
was delicious. The best Of tho grapes
now in the markets sell for about cent
pound.
where i have gone. Algeria has almost
q half-million acres devoted to them. and
they extend from one end OF It to the
other. The wine annually made runs
between one hundred and two hundred
million gallons, and it sells for from
twenty-five to thirty million dollars, the
most OF II, going to France. The French
are careful ta to the introduction OF
fruit diseases lhto the colonies land they
have stringent laws against the importa-
ton OF trees, plants and vines. as Well
as OF flowers and fresh fruits Indeed
the only Vegetables now admitted are
potatoes. we'll cleaned.
Algeria produces all sorts of fresh
garden stuff. We have green peas and
beans. as well as 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
ship-load go to France, throughout
the year. and Paris, Lyons, hiarseilles
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
Everything 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 thrlves
| we'll up into the Atlas Mountains, and
4 many of the trees are centuries old.
| They live 30 long that the people have
(, saying that he who plants an olive
is laying up treasures for his chtldren's
children. The olive crop Is now worth
4 about s5000,O00 a agar. and 1000 tons
1 OF olive oil are annually exported. There
4 are, altogether. about 100000 olive
\ trees OF which 100000 are grated.
4 The. natives consume, large quantities
i of olive OIL Even the Kabyles make
A 1T In a rude way and store 1t in their
4 huts for the winter. It is used for
4 cooking. and has largely the same
! place that butter has with us.
= There Is an enormous number of
Il figs produced in Algeria and some.
thing like 30,000,000 pounds are an
nually exported The fruit is fine, al
II though not equal to that raised In
Smyrna. Some of the varieties ART
\ white, and others blue The fig or.
y chards are to be seen everywhere. They
j. are as common as apples in America
u and quite as freely eaten. The ma
stivcs dry them and store them ava.
for winter use.
Among the Stock aisers.
. Algeria does great deal. of stool
farming, Not only in the Tell. blu
, in the ranges of the Atlas Mountains
| and on the high plnteaus. upheld b,
i them, are large flocks of8sheer an
5 goats. and they are also to be foun
8 all along tho edges of tho Desert o
8 Sahara. There are moro than a millio
i OF cattle in the Tell. and in the Who'll
4 country more than q quarter Of a mil
Q lion gdonkeys. and almost that numbe
: OF horses The camels are somethin
8 like 100000, and the mules quite a
!, many. OF this stock more than nine
n tcnths belong to the natives.
Q The sheep here are fine. large, long
: wooled animals. They weigh, l venur
0 more than either our Southdowns {
r Shropshires. and they seem free frol
Q disease. They are white and brow
y in color. many of the white sheep l,a,
! ing brown faces. Their ears are Ion
and silky, and hang down somewh,
y like those OF q spaniel. The eve
2 arc worth from 81 to So each, viii
y the rams will bring 5aouble as much.
is Four Million Black Goats.
10 Algeria has about 100000 goats. al
y 1t furnishes many goatskins for o,
s. and brown In color. They are of go,
size, but in their milking qualities TIN
J. do not compare with those i saw
"a Morocco. In Tangier the goats furni
70 most of the milk Of the city and tn
Is are made to carry 1t In their bags fro
~ door to door, the milkman drawing !
IN wares direct from the goat sometim
ga 4 he allows the kids TO run WI
is. their mothers. hut in such cases
ds i ties strings around the teats of t
mamma goats SO that the baby ki
oh cannot suck on the sly. This mig
om be used to cure COWS Of sucking the
to- selves, as they sometimes do In Q
ley country. s s8g 8 8
,re Tho goats ct Algeria, as have
cir ready said. are always grazed with
,en sheep. have yet to SEQ one flo
an which did not contain both ANNA
ID md have passed millions az hu
49, travelled through Algeria, Tho foc
- are always watched by shepherd
~ white-gownad, bare-footed men
~. nv boys. who live out in the fields W
ese them. On the edges offtl,o desert TIL
are many nomadio Shepherds. who
ii In fonts, driving their sheep, go
as and other stock from place to place
is find pasture
ries Arabian Horses.
50 The horses of Algeria are lars
In Of Arabian stock. ThsY are we'll m
DO and tough, and many OF them
,ot- hne riding animala{ Some Ere