Alexandria Gazette · Alexandria, Virginia · 18 July 1896

CP-1896-001

Farming in Palestine

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“FARMING IN PALESTINE. The land of milk and honey has sadly deteriorated since the days when the Israelites took possession of it. The cattle upon a thousand hills have dwindled to scant herds, and the hills themselves, which were once terraced like the choicest lands of Italy, yielded skins of wine and tons of fruit, have been denuded of their earth by centuries of rain.

Such milk as is sold in Jerusalem and in the various villages of the Holy Land is made up of a mixture from camels, goats and cows, and there are probably more cattle on the Western Reserve of Ohio than in all Palestine. Compared with the rich countries of the nineteenth century, Palestine never was a fertile land.”

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