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ARMENIA AND THE NEAR EAST
200
in dreams of what it would look like when those brown
naked slopes and undulating hills were clothed with luxuriant
orchards and fields of wheat, and the lowlands farther down
were converted into fertile green plantations of cotton,
tobacco, vegetable and other crops, and when villages were
dotted all over it. Once the canal had been brought there,
it would be a comparatively simple matter to distribute the
water over those thirsty slopes.
The area of the dry North-west Kirr region is 13,780
dessiatins (about 34,400 acres), of which 11,000 dessiatins
(about 27,500 acres) can be irrigated and cultivated. Farther
to the west there are some small cultivated stretches of country
which obtain water from the Abaran-su. The latter river
comes from the valley east and north-east of Alagoz, and has
affluents on the east slopes of the volcano. It runs southward
to the Arax across the plain west of Echmiadzin, but has
seldom much water in it.
The soil in both the Kirr regions is volcanic. The loose
surface layers are approximately 40 centimetres deep, consisting
of disintegrated tuff, lava, and day, a fertile combination for
purposes of cultivation. As it is interesting to see how this
land could be exploited, I append a table compiled by the
Armenian Commissariat of Agriculture, giving tentative
statistics of what might be grown on the two Kirr arcas
together.
Area Cultivated
Crop in
Kilos per
Hectare.
Seiling
Prire in
Roublcs
per Kilo.
Gross Value
of Annual
Crop in
Roubles.
Total Yearly
Crop
in Kilos.
Nature of Crop.
In Des-
siatins.
In Hec-
tares. 1
Winter wheat
Spring wheat
Cotton . .
4, 8oo 5,280 1,34° 7,100,000
2,330,000
6,400,000
o-i7 1,188,000
i,600 1,760 i,340 C092 215,000
1,960,000
5,600 6,i60 1,040 o- 3 i
Vegetables
Orchards
Vineyards
Alfalfa ..
800 880 17,820 785,000
774,000
15,700,000
4,300,000
6,800,000
10,500,000
o’Os
9,640
400 440 o"i8
1,200
1,600
1,320
1,760
5,200 o-i5 1,020,000
1,260,000
5>940 0"I2
Total 16,000 17,600 7,202,000
1
One hectare 2’ 471 acres.
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