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NOTES ON AGRICULTURE IN CYPRUS AND ITS PRODUCTS

W. BEVAN

Director of Agriculture, Cyprus

1919

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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