The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06

establishments are chenply but 1T, ana
they are SO arranged that 1t costs nj
mos. nothing to- run them. One which
will hatch 100000 chickens a year can
be built for less than $780, and an cx-
perienccd man can be hired to run
the machine. tend the fires. turn the
eggs and sell he chickens for about
$1.50 per day.
Whnt Egypt Buys.
Egypt buys almost everything under
the sun. Her Imports amount to more
than one $100,000,000@ cvery>yenr, and
a large part OF this money is spent
/ for goods which are a specially In
the United States. She buys 100000
worth Of cereals, vegetables and flour.
and OF this almost s3.000.o00 worth
come from Great Britain, s3,5000oo
worth from France and Algiers, ST.
900. 900 worth from italy, and $40 90. $1,000
worth from Turkey. or the whole Just
about 100000 worth comes from the
United States. and that notwithstand-
ing we produce the best flour In the
world. and have Indian corn better
than that which forms a large part OF
the food OF the Nile Valley.
American Pumps apu Windmills in
Egypt.
The day OF the pump and the wind
mill has reached the Nile valley. but,
SO far, the must OF the pumping ma
chinery Is Imported from Europe. All
the large land owners are now using
steam pumps. There arc many estates
ru.. by syndicates, which are irrigated
by this means and there are men who
are buying portable engines and
pumps and hiring them out to the
smaller farmers in much the same
way: that thrashing machines are used
In the United States and Canada. Quite
a number Of American windmtlls are
already installed. and almost the whole
pumping OF the Nile Valley might De
done by the wind. Tho breezes from
the desert are as strong as those from
i.tha sen. and they sweep across the
Nile Valley with such regularity that
wind pumps could be relied upon 70
| do efficient work.
At present the most OF the water
raised in Egypt Is by man power 81
| by animals. Millions OF gallons are
llifted by the shadoof. This IS ATOMS
pole balanced on support. From on,
| one endsof the pole hangs a.bucket. an nt
from the other a heavy Welgnt o. ... u.hy
or stone. about equal to the Weighl
/ Of tha bucket when 1t Is full OF water
| a man pulls the bucket down into the
water. and by the help of the weigh,
| or, the other end raises 1t and empt!es
| Il into a canal higher up He does TINS
all Iday long for 10 or 10 cents. ane
Int is estimated that he can IN ten days
lift enough water to irrlgate an acre
Of corn or cotton. At this rate y
Costs from 81 to $3.50 TO give one acre
. good watering. and there is no doub
.Iit could be done much cheaper ps
a The sakiych.
Another rude irrigation machine
Hound throughout the Nile valley iron
i Alexandria to rhartoum Is the sakiyen
A which Is moved by blindfolded bullocks
3|buffaloes, donkeys and tcamels. II con
sists OF a vertical wheelywlth q strlnl
OF buckets attached to Its rim. Al tn
|1whee! turns round In the water IN
buckets dip and fill. and as It come
4 |;up they discharge their contents Int
4 Ia canal. This vertical wheel Is move
A by one set fhoriz ontal. the two runnlni
4 in cogs, the latter being turned %
a some Of burden. There Is usually
A boy, girl or old man, who sits on tn
\ |shaft and drives the beast round
+ These sakiyehs screechSterribly,a an
i Of the tourist who come near then
i II rememher remark that Justic
Brown Of our Supreme Court. mad
a while we We're stopping together
v the hotel 81 at lAssouan. which is jus
I opposite the Eleprant Island, tn on
4 Of these sakiy chs In plain sight an
q |hearing. It was that he sho uld, & X
4 to give an appropriation to Egypt, an
q that large enough to enable the peopl
Z Ito oil every saleiyeh up and d own tn
8 Nile valley. I doubt, however, whethe
4 1.-The fellahs Bwo uld d use the oil ", IL the
Ihad lit, for they say that the blindfolde
cattle will not turn the wheel whe
1.-THE noise stops. i5ig
y American Farming Machinery.
4 There should be an opening here 70
q American farming machinery. Egyr
d Is raising wheat. cotton and corn, II,
livery same crops that we produce !
isIlarge quantities, and our nachiner
a ought to sell we'll. It Is not pushed
however, and almost oil tho farm tool
come from, Europe, Great Britain sur
fIplies the most Of them. Switzerlan
& land Germany have Q small share x
1.-THE trade, and after that comes til
Hunted States, as usual. far In {th
Y rear. we should sell these peopl
plows and threshing machines, an
Light, well-made n hoes and rnattocA
1 should be In demand. Just now mo!
Z of the valley Is dug over by hand; an
a wheat, barley and corn are threshe
N with fails. s s.:s v
4 The demand for farm machinery IS
Increasing, There was almost twice q
b much sold during. the first ak month
4 OF IL st year MS during q siml lar perio