114      EGYPT,    CYPRUS,    AND   ASIATIC   TURKEY.
would  undertake  in  England.  Because,  1st,
manure  cannot  be  pui'cliased;  2nd,  the  raising
or  fattening  of  stock  does  not  assume  the  pro-
minence in  Turkish  which  it  does  in  English
farming ;  3rd,  the  manure  made  by  his  working
stock  will  be  in  full  demand  for  the  portion  of
the  farm  amenable  to  irrigation ;  therefore,  bare
fallow  has,  as  a  rule,  to  supply  the  place  of
manure,  and  due  allowance  for  this  must  be
made  in  the  area  of  land  obtained  or  purchased.
