The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

greater crops than she does now. I
spoke to him about having met his
father, and referred to the great in
terest which Tewfik Pasha showed In
Egypt and its future. The Khedive ex-
pressed a similar desire to do all he
could for the Egyptians. and had he
greater power am sure 1t would be
used for their benefit. AS 1t is now
this country is practically in the hands
of the British. and almost every act
of the Khedive. as far as official do
ings are concerned, is directed by
them.
Tho only matters as to which Ills
Highness has full sway are those re-
garding his own estates, and his man
agement of them Is such as to show
his great business capacity. He has an
allowance of 100000 a year out OF
the public treasury. but in addition he
owns thousands of acres OF valuable
lands, and the value Of his private
property must run high into the mil
lions of dollars. He handles this in
such way that 1t pays we'll, and his
experiments and improvements are the
talk of farmers and business men
throughout the Nile Valley.
Abbns Hilmi, the Farmer.
have heard great deal Of these
farms of the Khedive since I have
been In Egypt. He inherited much land
from his father. but he has other
large tracts. which he himself has re-
deemed from the desert and others
which he has made good by draining.
Not far from Cairo he owns $500
acres. which few years ago Were
covered with swamps, quagmires and
hillocks. He bought this cheap, and
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the hills, drained the swamps and put
water on the land. AT present that
estate is paying over 100000 year
and 1t Is bringing His Highness 80
pr cent. and upward on his invest
ment
He has another great farm not far
from Alexandria, which was all desert
not long ago. The Khedive laid down
small railway and put dump cars
on 1t. With this he haule1-off the sand
which came from his drainage works,
and now has 1t well watered. He has
taken 1000 acres and turned them into
cultivated fields Farm villages have
grown up about them. and His High
ness has so laid out the estate with
trees and flowers that 1T is said to
be a paradise. In one. place he has a
plantation of $1,000 mulberry bushes,
the leaves of which furnish food for
| his silk worms, and in other places
| there are fir forests
This estate Is at Montzah. few
| miles out of Alexandria, on beauti-
| ful bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The
| Khedive has built palace there. or
| rather two palaces. He has little one
| for himself and q larger one TOR ms
| family. In other parts OF the estate ne
| Is carrying on all sorts of breeding
4 l,,. 7, f1lT on "a
/. and rabbit hutches, as well as tower
containing thousands of pigeons. He
| has dynamos. which furnish his place
with electric lights, and carpenter
shops and planning mills. the machin-
ery for which the same dynamos oper-
\ nte during the day time. In them
4 all tile woodwork required for his va
/ rious estates and houses Is turned out
4 A stock Breeder.
The Khedve is fond Of fine stock
q and he Is doing much to improve thai
of Egypt. On his various farms he has
high-brcd horses, cattle and sheep. He
has large number OF Arabian thor.
oughbreds, some Jersey, Swiss ant
other fine breeds of cows, and his
water buffaloes, known here as
; gamoushes, are far better than any
others of the Nile Valley. He Is also
J breeding cattle for oxen. and mule!
: for draft animals. His tfighness be
!, tlieyes in scientific farming. He Wanb
= good stock and good seed, and III
: works to some extent With the AGri
: cultural Department here. He has ;
y school on his estate near Cairo. Wher'
200 boys are being educated to talk
: places on his various properties, Thi
= school is run at his own expense. an,
= the boys are taught about stock; farm
2 ing and surveying, as we'll as reading
writing and arithmetic, The course o
study lasts five years, and at the en'
5. the graduate is pretty sure of goo
[ position as steward or oversecr o,
+ one OF the Khediyes farms.
The khcdlvc's Railroad,
have already written something
y about the khedive's railroad This he
: gins on his estate near Alexandria
J. having connection With that city b,
y the stats railroad SYSTEM and theme
u runs ior sixty miles OF more WESTWARD