Pamirs

Oats and candles

October 8, 2008

1916 Autumn Oats are not grown by the Tajiks of the Pamirs but at the frontier post at Khorog, situated at an altitude of 2100 metres, it is grown with fair success by the Russians. The turnip occurs also within the uppermost agricultural zone of the Pamirs. Its seeds are used for food and for [...]

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The flora of the region

October 7, 2008

1916 Autumn The flora of the region can be grouped into three zones, representing altitudinal limits. In the first, or highest, zone naked-grained barley reaches higher than the other agricultural crops. This barley is exclusively naked grained and hexastichous, with a rare admixture of distichous types. Among the naked-grained barley, forms with yellow grains predominate [...]

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In the Pamirs

October 6, 2008

1916 Autumn According to information from a border post in the Pamirs the yearly precipitation does not exceed 60 mm. This dry climate excludes opportunities for growing agricultural crops and therefore the Pamirs represent a country unfavourable for agricultural investigations. As an agronomist I was nevertheless attracted to the western region of the Pamirs. An [...]

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