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Our people replaced the wretched native trails with good roads, bordered by hedges of thorny acacia which, in season, were covered with downy little yellow blossoms that smelled sweeter than honey when the sun was on them. OUR PEOPLE REPLACED THE WRETCHED NATIVE TRAILS WITH GOOD ROADS BORDERED BY HEDGES OF THORNY ACACIA WHICH IN SEASON WERE COVERED WITH DOWNY LITTLE YELLOW BLOSSOMS THAT SMELLED SWEETER THAN HONEY WHEN THE SUN WAS ON THEM
the purpose of our people, in returning to the Holy Land, to foster the Jewish language and the social conditions of the Old Testament as far as possible, there was nothing retrograde in this movement. No time was lost in introducing progressive methods of agriculture, and the climatological experiments of other countries were observed and made use of in developing the ample natural resources of the land. [ILLUSTRATION: THE CEMETERY OF ZICRON-JACOB] Eucalyptus, imported from Australia, soon gave the shade of its cool, healthful foliage where previously no trees had grown. In the course of time dry farming (which some people consider a recent discovery, but which in reality is as old as the Old Testament) was introduced and extended with American agricultural implements; blooded cattle were imported, and poultry-raising on a large scale was undertaken with the aid of incubators--to the disgust of the Arabs, who look on such usurpation of the hen's functions as against nature and sinful. OVENLY VILLAGES OF THE EAST MUD BUILT AND FILTHY FOR WHILE IT WAS THE PURPOSE OF OUR PEOPLE IN RETURNING TO THE HOLY LAND TO FOSTER THE JEWISH LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THERE WAS NOTHING RETROGATE IN THIS MOMENT NO TIME WAS LOST IN INTRODUCING PROGRESSIVE METHODS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE CLEMATOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES WERE OBSERVED AND MADE USE OF IN DEVELOPING THE AMPLE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE LAND EUCALYPTUS IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA SOON GAVE THE SHADE OF ITS COOL HEALTHFUL FOLIAGE WHERE PREVIOUSLY NO TREES HAD GROWN IN THE COURSE OF TIME DRY FARMING WHICH SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER A RECENT DISCOVERY BUT WHICH IN REALITY IS AS OLD AS THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS INTRODUCED AND EXTENDED WITH AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS BLOODED CATTLE WERE IMPORTED AND POULTRY RAISING ON A LARGE SCE WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH THE AID OF INCUBATORS TO THE DISGUST OF THE ARABS WHO LOOK UPON SUCH USURPATIONS AS THE HENS FUNCTIONS AS AGAINST NATURE AND SINFUL
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