Most of this money is now being spent on the enterprises west of the Peking-Suiyuan Railway. In addition to road and railway construction, the "Christ has launched attract the surplus population of such provinces as Shantung to the unoccupied spaces of the northwest. 'The first colonization experiment will be made in the Hoten district, is situated in the special administrative area of Suiyuan, and includes Wuyuan. Of all' the regions between Paotowehen and Ninghsia, this is probably the best adapted to systematic irrigation. Lying between the old and the new beds of the Yellow river, it could probably yield the best wheat in the world, for even at present, when irrigation facilities have been lowed to deteriorate, it is in places productive of excellent crops. Water flows from the overhanging mountains, while fertilization is! secured from the silt of the Yellow iver. In ancient times, as in nuany other districts in China, the area possessed a wonderful system of irrigation, an even supply water being obtained from intersecting canals. Unfortunatel ike SPARS dod ess. Ge of Outlaws Who are Said (o these over 1,000 are heads of Shan-Be Unmounted tung families who have been attracted by Feng Vu-hsiang's promises, and who are now cultivating new "soil where water supply available, The plan of the Chi tian General provides for the eventual settlement of no less than 1,000,000 people, who will be amply repaid for migrating from the over~ populated parts of the in of China by the wealth that will accrue to agricultural enterprises as. soon ay systematic irrigation facilities are provided, How is this scheme tobe financed? Most of the land, except for isolated agricultural portions, belongs to the Mongolian Leagues, and has not been brought under cultivation. The Mongols roam over it with their herds. and, being till nomads, seldom settle in one place. Feng Yushsiang has come to an arrangement with the! Mongolian princes whereby for 35 ents a mow he can have almost as much Iand as he wants. He is selling it to. immigrants for Gollar a mow, and is. responsible himself for the irrigation. When all the improvements are effected, it should be worth ten times that amount, and much more. "Already many immigrants have taken advantage of his offer, being encouraged by the various railway administrations, which have offered favourable rates to would-be settlers and their families.
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