Possessing the qualities of richness, vast depth of soil, and a glorious climate, it is not surprising that with the steady developments of the Khedive's country and the safety and security enjoyed under his enlightened rule, accompanied by the example he is setting in his experiments for the advancement of Egyptian agriculture, the price of land has risen enormously. Within the last few years one hundred pounds per acre is quite a common figure; but that which is unreclaimed can still be purchased for from fifteen to thirty pounds. This, of course, necessitates an additional outlay, which is, after all, quite a moderate sum, upon improvements, when it will yield a good return of profit. The Egyptian agriculturist divides _his_ year into _three_ portions: Summer, from April 1st to August 1st. Nileh, from August 1st to December 1st. Winter, from December 1st to April 1st. But it must be remembered that the Egyptian winter would be better named balmy spring. As this little work is written primarily for those who take an interest in the progress of a favoured country, and who may possibly be looking towards the East with the eyes of investment, or for a future home where they may lead a Virgilian or bucolic life, it is proposed to give here a simple, business-like account of the various processes and preparations made for the growth and harvesting of the different crops sown in the above seasons:-- Winter Crops: Clover, barley, beans, and wheat. Summer Crops: Cotton and sugar-cane, and also maize. Nileh Crop: Maize alone. Rotation.--A three years' rotation is the one generally practised, although there is a tendency to limit it to two years. It would be as well to consider the crops as they succeed each other, beginning with the cotton. A great deal of interest attaches to the growth of cotton in Egypt. It was largely cultivated by the ancient Egyptians, and its products utilised, but after a time--it is impossible to say how long, possibly during the great changes that took place during incursions, conquests, or change of rulers--its growth died out to such an extent that a few generations back, as an article of utility, its cultivation had pretty well ceased, and cotton was scarcely known, save as a decorative shrub in the gardens of Cairo. But during the reign of the Khedive's ancestor, Mehemet Ali, a man of great foresight, full of determination for the advance of his people, he completely grasped the idea that Egypt was one of the most suitable of countries for the cultivation of the cotton tree, and that it ought to be produced in his dominions instead of dependence being placed upon importation from other lands.