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

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100000 bushels of cereals every year,
and 1t exports vast deal to France.
The value OF the crop is something
like $6o.000,000. There are about ~
100000 acres annually planted to
wheat, and something like $3,O00.000aI
acres devoted to barley. In addition,
corn, however, docs not grow nearly 80
well as In our country.
Wheat is by farSthc most important |
grain crop, and n large part Of that
grown Is OF the mncaroni variety. The !
wheat farming Is done by both the |
French and the natives, and in the
Inter case in most slovenly way. |
tThere are but few modern agricultural
implements, and 1t Is only the large
foreign farmers who p1ow more than
two or three inches deep. They have
tplows of a French make with wheels
I in front. The shears cut we'll into
\ the SOIL but 1t requires team Of six
or, eight or more animals for each
plow. Such team is Usually COM
posed of oxen. but sometimes 1t is
of oxen. horses and mules.
and not infrequcntly little donkey
aids ii, the work
Forked Sticks for Plows.
The plows used by the natives are
|llittle more than forked sticks with a
| sort OF a shoe&of iron shaped like a
litrowel. as n plow point This shoe is
|iabout ten inches long and quarter
|iof an inch thick, and It serves
Ito turn the earth to depth Of two
lior three Inches. 1t As not as good aH
ln single shovel pillow by any means
Such a pillow has but one handle, and
1.-the native does not press down upon
| 1T but merely steadies 1t with one
/ hand NJ, he walks behind in the fur
Itrow. The tongue of the pillow Is fas-
4 tened to stick which rests under
the bellies OF the two horses forming
1.-the native pillow team. This stick Is
ISfastened by breast straps s to the
horses. without traces of any kind.
4 One OF these plows cannot cost more
than dollar. while the foreign plows
have described sell for eight or ten
dollar. and a sulky plow brings SEQ
i or more.
4 The natives are unable3:to do deep
A blowing with their tools, and as
4 sresult much of the grain is planted
IN and out among the bushes and
\ underground. Along many OF the
foothills Of the Atlas the fields con-
4 tain more bushes than wheat, and
in places the wheat grows among
A FINISHES. each OF which has q head rs
4 big around as a tin cup. @
u The present average wheat yield per
a acre Is not much more than one half
as great as that Of the United States
and less than one third that OF France
Il 1t Is only about eight bushels Der
q acre & 4 &
Reaping and Threshing.
These Algerians do most of theil
.nxlfnf 1.1,1 ,o n
Z sickle. 1t would besimpossible to rur
u mower and reaper through field:
covered with brush, and tits only or
4 the large farms that threshlng ma
chimes are employed. Most or the grail
, | is trodden out by oxen or other ami
mails. see threshing floors every
i where near the straw stacks, they ar
circles Of well-pounded earth upo,
which the animals are driven. aroun
8 over the straw until the grain
q ground out. After that the straw
t rakcd off and the wheat barley or oat
' is thrown into the air against the win
Il to remove tho chaff. The straw is the
Z stacked and the grain put in larg
s bags for shipment. If 1t is to be car
a ried to market upon cnme!s, the bag
q used will contain six or eight bushels
rs two such bags OF grain make
Il load for one camel. II 1t is to 6
, upon donlcys or mules. each will cor
Is elevators in the farming districts nc
3 at the stations and all grain goes t
II the markets In bags. 1t is frequent
! hauled on great wagons with five, 81
y or seven mules to each wagon an
70 a snarling dog on top to guard I'll
q load, The driver. who is usually a
1T Arab or Knbyle, walks. A donk.
g. will carry one bag OF wheat at
Of load, and thousands of bushels are TIL,
lg transported The bag rests on Il
st little animals back without being IA
t. tened and tho donkey moves nlol
IN without bride or halter, its Arab ma
I'd ter following behind.
e Work for Twenty Cents Day
na The most of the labor here Is dol
by the Kabyles The Arabs and Moo
arc lazy, but these white African
as dollar quito as we'll as their Americ
is cousins, and Will work for 1t. s
3D. them everywhere; in the grain-nell
Is in the vineyards and nthe orchar
e- and gardens
VI They are employed by the Fror
~ farmers and come down In gangs fr
ne their homes In the Atlas Mountains
aid in the harvest. At such times Il
~ live in little straw shacks which
o., built for the purpose. They cook til
a uS own food on fires OUT of doors and sl
H on the ground. Their pay Is from tw
on ty to forty cents n day, without 40
- or from Sc to $40 per month. The LEU
on pean farm laborers are paid from fifty
Ia eighty cents u day or $40 o month 4
!le found. At the time or the grape har,
red they get more.
l, Wine at Two Cents al Quart,
nv The vineyards Of the Tell are quite
M. a,n important as the grain fields. This
Mo ono of tho best wine-growlng count
eys oi tl'e lWot4ui ~, y INV ptouHslng
of many grapes tnat llleyl ufe s. oEng
ted bought for about two cents q quart
lQ.- tie ana 1t Is cheaper than pure Wa