PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY
lllo
the basin system of irrigation, i.e. sul)ni(;rsion at high Nih^. is generally atlliered to, cereals and vegetables are produced, Init in .snnnner cotton and sngar-cane are grown in the Fayuni and Ibrahiniia canal tracts. Where there is perennial irrigation two or three cro])s are sccnred annnally ; lands irrigated in th>od oidy are nnder millet, or if low-lying are drained when the flood goes nlf, and then produce the winter crop of wheat, l)eans, or clover. 'Die following table refers to the cultivation of cotton : —
Year
Area cultivated Fedtlans
Yield
' Produce per feddan
Kantars
Kantars
1888
1,021,250
2,900,000
2-84
1889
852,829
8,158,000
3-7
1890
864,400
4,160,000
4-8
1891
851,000
4,765,000
5-5
1892
864,000
4,987,500
5-8
In 1886, 2,444 villages were occupied in the culture of cotton out of a total of 3,781; in 1889 the number was 2,685; in 1896 the cotton cro]> amounted to 5,879,479 kantars. In 1897 the sugar crop amounted to 72,918,250 kantars (kantar = 99 lbs. ).
In the following talde the agricultural condition of each of the provinces in Lower and Upper Egypt is indicated : —
No. of
No. of
No. of
No. of
No; of
No. of
Villages
Feddaiis cultivated
Farm
Animals
Per 100
Slieep and Goats
Per 100
FruitTrees Per 100
Date, Trees Per 100
Lower Egvpt :
ft'ddaiis
leddans
feddans
feddans
Behera
403
467,662
12
13
23
22
Charkieh
451
434,982
12
9
24
116
Dakahlieh .
449
462,367
11
13
13
27
Gharbieh
552
840,089
17
16
16
25
Kalioubieh ,
166
187,180
17
19
325
70
Menoulieh .
338
351,710
33
18
43
8
2,359
2,743,990
17
14
42
40
Upper Egypt :
Assiout
292
419,100
10
30
21
84
Beni Souef .
174
231,610
15
16
8
46
Fayoum
87
231,045
8
13
54
105
Guizeh
168
181,176
19
36
9
195
^linia ,
268
397,240
6
9
17
54
Esna .
195
150,459
18
11
i
348
Guerga
110
325,915
16
51
9
96
Kena .
126
280,927
10
34
' 10
92
1,420
2,217,472
13
25
17
106 '
Total, Egypt .
3,779
4,961,462
14
20
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