El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-14

DR.. Aaron Aaronsohn, who recently
left Washington, D. c., for Palestine,
where he will assume charge of the
Jewish Agricultural experiment sta
ton at Haifa, announces that this sJa
tion will cooperate with the Dry Farm
ing congress in the introduction Of
dry farming methods in Palestine. It
is expected that a report on the pre-
liminary work for the establishment OF
this station will be presented at the
Fifth Dry Farming congress in SpO-
kane, the first week in October.
DR.. Aaronsohn. who is international
vice president and corresponding sec
rotary of the Dry Farming congress
for the division for Turkey, passed the
greater part of the last year in the
United States studying agricultural
conditions and methods. He attended
the Fourth Dry Farming congress at
Billings. Mont, last October, when he
made the first public announcement of
his discovery of the prototype of our
modern wheats in the wild wheat of
Palestine.
This discovery is regarded by sci
entists and plant breeding experts as
one of the most important of the CEN
fury, resulting from agricultural re-
search. He explained his plans for
proposed experiment SIdLlO0 IN RaieS-
tine and as a result of the strorg in
dorsement given he was enabled to an
nounce the formation of an American
company pledged to the esta blishment
and support of the proposed station.
The Jewish Station.
The Jewish Agricultural Experiment
station is incorporated under the laws
OF the state OF New York a site has
been secured seven miles from Haifa,
where a tract Of 125 acres -oS hnen oh
tanned. Station buildings will be erect
ed at once. The equipment secured in
America includes the latest scientific
instruments for soil Investigations and
meteorological observations and rec
ords. Chronological observations and
records viii he '-'a6e 81 "ha eara non
ner as in the United States weather
bureau. this being the first introduc-
ton of these methods in Asia Minor
The station will be under the gen
eral mana cement of a board Of trus-
tees mostly residents of this country
DR.. AarOnsohn. the director is a grad
uate Of the agricultural school at Orig
non. and has been conducting investi-
cations. mainly under the patronage
Of the Turkish government. in Pales-
tine and the surrounding region for a
number of years
DUN ItScdlCIi anu practical Demon
stration work are contemplated the
general object being the Improvement
of agriculture among the Jewish col
onists and farmers of the region. a
sDecial line Of investigation is to be
the following up of DR.. Aaronsohn's
discovery IF wild prototypes of cereals
Wild Prototype of Wheat
DR.. Aaronsohn found the wild nrOto-
type of wheat on the slopes Of Mount
Hebron and had discovered other with
grains in the dry regions of PaIestinS.
which lead him to believe that this
region produces the original plants
from which our modern cereals have
been developed.
Agriculture has been carried on in
Palestine since the earliest times OF
which history gives anv record. The
conditions are essentially suited for
dry farming. Irrigation is practiced
TO a limited extent along the streams
but the topography Of sne. country pro-
hibits extensive irrigation projects The
soil is fertile and the climate Decu-
liarly favorable to agricultural devel-
opment
recent summary Of the possibili-
tics of the region and a forecast OF
its future are given in DR.. Henry Van