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National Geographic : 1947 Dec
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Erosion, Trojan Horse of Greece F. G. Renner A Greek Orthodox Priest Rides to Church, with Lunch for His Donkey Tied On Behind An umbrella shields him on the journey from Hagia Lavra Monastery (page 802) to Kertezi for Sunday services. His mountaintop retreat was burned by Germans after they discovered that the monks had sheltered two American flyers who bailed out of a crippled bomber returning to Italy from an attack on the then enemy-held port of Piraeus (Peiraievs). breeders are known to the farmers. Much of the corn is an ancient eight-rowed flint type. The ears are about the thickness of a broom handle and five or six inches long. The yield ranges from 12 to 15 bushels to the acre. In many of the mountainous sections, half or more of the irrigated land is in corn. By the introduction of modern hybrids or of other good varieties, yields could be doubled. With the long growing season and with irrigation possible in most sections, improved varieties of hay and pasture grasses, apples and pears, and potatoes, onions, and other vegetables could profitably be introduced. Irrigation has been practiced in Greece since very ancient times, but there are still numerous areas where yields can be doubled and tripled by better irrigation practices. Rivers Dry Up in Summer Most of the rivers dry up in summer, but mountainous areas have many large springs that flow the year round. In one small area in the vicinity of Kalavryta, I found 19 springs that had a combined flow of over 8,000 gallons a minute. Some of this water was being used for irrigation. A nearly equal amount was flowing down 807
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