Anglo-Egyptian) AGRICULTURE (COTTON) 103 Growing Association, has carried out trials on experi mental farms with excellent results. It has its own farms at Barakat and Zeidab, and also works on behalf of the Government a farm at Tayiba. These farms are irrigated by water pumped from the Blue Nile, and the rotation ofcrops has been cotton, wheat, millet, beans, &c . In 1912 the cotton was valued by Liverpool mer chants at 111d. per lb. , the price of “ fully fair ” Egyptian cotton on the same date being 10d. In 1915 the average yield of cotton atTayiba and Barakat was over 500 lb. to the acre, and the areaundercultivation exceeded 4,300 acres . The Sudan Plantations Syndi cate has a ginnery and baling press at Wad Medani, turning out over 1,200 bales perannum . The company has done much to prove the suitability of the soil of the Gezira for cotton-growing and to illustrate the best methods of cultivation .

The report of the Sudan Plantations Syndicate for the year ending June 30 , 1917 , states that the issued share capital remained at £135,000 , and the debenture capital was likewise unchanged at £ 57,000. The crops from the three stations handled at the ginning factories in 1916 and 1917 were as follows : 1916 . 1917.

... ... ... Barakat Tayiba Zeidab :: Bales .

1,687 1,010 2,080 Bales.

1 956 1 ,+32 1,631 ...

The prices realised were highly satisfactory. Under an agreement entered into with the British Cotton Growing Association, 2,050 bales were purchased in Tokar and sold in Great Britain . The profit and loss account for the twelve months, after deduction of all outgoings, showed a net profit of £14,838 , which, added to the balance of £9,676 brought forward from the previous year, brought the total credit balance to £24,514 .

Areas north of Khartum .-Along the banks of the Nile at Zeidab , "Fadlab, and Darmati, in the Berber