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British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 275 |
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Description
Lot viable dunums
Citrus 10
Bananas 10
1st grade irrigated land and 1st grade fruit 50
plantation
6
2nd grade irrigated land and 2nd grade fruit plantation
3rd grade irrigated land and 3rd grade fruit 67
plantation
57
8
1st grade ground crop land, 4th grade irrigated land and 4th grade fruit plantation
2nd grade ground crop land, 5th grade irrigated land and 5th grade fruit plantation
3rd grade ground crop land, 6th grade irrigated land and 6th grade fruit plantation
4th grade ground crop land, 7th grade irrigated land and 7th grade fruit plantation
5th grade ground crop land, 8th grade irrigated land and 8th grade fruit plantation
6th grade ground crop land, 9th grade irrigated land and 9th grade fruit plantation
7th grade ground crop land (untaxable), 10th grade irrigated land
8th grade crop land (untaxable)
80
9
JOO
10
111
II
133
12
167
13
250
14
400
15
400
16 Uncultivable land 400 117. There are two factors of fundamental importance in the estimation of the lot viable neither of which have previously been investigated. These two factors 'relate to (1) the extent of fragmentation of holdings and farms and (2) the co-ownership in parcels of land. Throughout the Arab rural areas of Palestine extensive farming is the rule. One of the principal reasons for this extravagant use of the land in a country where land is scarce lies in the fragmentation of the holdings and co-ownership in the parcels. It is rarely that one encounters a family holding which consists of one continuous tract. In most cases a holding is composed of a number of scattered fragments or shares in various parcels.
118. A study carried out by the Department of Statistics in five typical cereal-growing villages revealed the prevalence of fragmentation and co-ownership over an area of approximately 25,000 dunums. The results are shown in the four following tables.
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