Abstract
THIS small publication has been issued by the Zionist Organisation in the interests of agricultural and horticultural settlements in Palestine. Intensive gardening is the main theme, and the application of the water resources of the country to the development of vegeculture, as a primary industry, is strongly urged. “The intensive utilisation of the irrigable areas for vegetable and fruit plantations should not come at the end of a period of development of years and decades, but at the beginning of our work of reconstruction in Palestine.” After the preface and introduction, the subject is elaborated in four chapters. The first chapter deals with the general principles of irrigation in Palestine, as also does the introduction, contrasting the climatic conditions with those which obtain elsewhere in tropical and subtropical regions. It is claimed that artificial irrigation will work wonders, rendering two, three, and even four crops a season a possibility. The second chapter discusses the features of intensive gardening and the utilisation of manures and other adjuncts to cultivation. Tomato growing is represented as a promising venture, as also is the cultivation of the banana. The next chapter, headed “A Garden City,” indicates the opportunities for, and the value of, co-operative effort. The last chapter is a brief, final word on the essential preparations for the first settlements, under the scheme.
Small Holding and Irrigation: The New Form of Settlement in Palestine.
Dr.
S. E.
Soskin
By. Pp. 63. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1920.) Price 2s. net.
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Small Holding and Irrigation: The New Form of Settlement in Palestine . Nature 106, 434 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106434b0
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