CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION[1]
I. GENERAL[3]
Geographical Features, [3]; Climate and Rainfall, [4]; Administration, [5]; Weights, Measures and Currency, [5]
II. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS[6]
General, [6]; Land Tenure and Labour, [6]; Tithes and Taxation, [7]; Credit and Agricultural Societies, [8]; Irrigation, [8]; Agricultural Implements, [10]; The Agricultural Department, [12]; Fungoid Diseases and Insect Pests, [14]
III. LIVE STOCK[16]
Cattle, [16]; Sheep, [17]; Goats, [18]; Pigs, [19]; Camels, [20]; Horses, [20]; Donkeys, [20]; Jennets and Mules, [21]; Poultry, [22]; Preserved Meats, etc., [23]
IV. DAIRY PRODUCE[23]
Milk, [23]; Cheese, [24]; Butter, [27]; Xynogala or Yaourti, [27]; Trachanas, [28]; Kaimaki or Tsippa, [28]
V. CROPS AND OTHER PRODUCE OF THE LAND[28]
Cereals[28]
Wheat, [31]; Barley, [32]; Oats, [34]; Rye, [35]; Maize (Indian Corn), [35]; Dari or Millet (Sorghum vulgare), [35]
Fruits[35]
Vines and Wines, [36]; Citrus fruits, [43]; Fig (Ficus Carica), [44]; Cherries, [45]; Banana, [46]; Azarol Hawthorn, [46]; Melons, [47]; Date Palm, [47]
Nuts[48]
Hazelnuts and Cobnuts or Filberts, [48]; Walnuts, [49]; Almonds, [49]; Spanish Chestnut, [50]; Pistacia spp., [50]
Vegetables[52]
Beans and Peas, [53]; Potatoes, [55]; Kolakas (Colocasia antiquorum), [56]; Onions, [56]
Fodders and Feeding Stuffs[57]
Carob Tree, [57]; Lucerne (Medicago sativa), [61]; Vetch (Vicia Ervilia), [62]; Chickling Vetch (Lathyrus sativus), [62]; Vetch (Vicia sativa), [62]; Tares (Vicia tenuifolia var. stenophylla), [63]; Milk Vetch (Astragalus), [63]; Moha, Sulla (Hedysarum), [63]; Teosinte (Reana luxurians), [64]; Sudan-grass, [64]; Teff-grass (Eragrostis abyssinica), [64]; Mangold Wurzel, [64]; Prickly Pear (Opuntia), [65]
Spices[65]
Coriander Seed, [65]; Aniseed, [66]; White Cumin Seed, [66]; Black Cumin Seed, [67]
Essential Oils and Perfumes[67]
Origanum Oil, [67]; Marjoram Oil, [69]; Laurel Oil, [69]; Otto of Roses, [69]; Acacia Farnesiana, [70]
Oils and Oil Seeds[71]
Olives, [71]; Sesame Seed, [74]; Ground Nut, Peanut or Monkey Nut (Arachis hypogæa), [75],; Castor-oil Seed, [76]
Fibres[77]
Cotton, [77]; Flax and Linseed, [82]; Wool, [83]; Hemp, [84]; Silk, [85]; Mulberry, [91]; Agaves and Aloes, [91]; Broom Corn, [92]
Tobacco[92]
Tanning Materials and Dye-stuffs[96]
Sumach, [97]; Valonea, [98]; Acacia Barks, [98]; Madder, [99]
Drugs and Other Products[99]
Liquorice Root, [99]; Pyrethrum, [100]; Squill, [101]; Colocynth, [101]; Asphodel, [102]
VI. MINOR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES[102]
Bee-keeping, [102]; Basket-making, [104]; Fruit and Vegetable Preserving, [104]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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SKETCH MAP OF CYPRUS, SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF CROPS AND FORESTS [2]
PLATE
I.FIG. 1.PLOUGHING ON A MOUNTAIN-SIDE WITH NATIVE PLOUGH[10]
I.FIG. 2.NEWLY-PREPARED BEDS IN EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS[10]
II.AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS[12]
III.FIG. 1.NATIVE BULL[16]
III.FIG. 2.NATIVE RAM[16]
IV.FIG. 1.CYPRUS PONY[20]
IV.FIG. 2.CYPRUS DONKEYS[20]
V.FIG. 1.CARTING CORN[29]
V.FIG. 2.THRESHING CORN WITH NATIVE THRESHING BOARD[29]
VI.PRUNED OLIVE-TREES AT METOCHI OF KYKOS[72]
VII.FIG. 1.CYPRIOT EARTHENWARE BEEHIVES[103]
VII.FIG. 2.SHIPPING FRUIT AT LARNACA[103]