2000, Tami Hoag, Ashes to Ashes, →ISBN, p. 378:

The French Jewish philanthropies were the first to introduce European agricultural technology into the Yishuv on a sizeable scale. French and Algerian methods of horti- and viticulture promoted a network of Jewish plantations based on luxury as well as field crops. Despite their technical successes, the philanthropies intentionally restricted their Palestinian activities; this limitation stemmed from the philanthropies’ goal of individual, not national, regeneration.

...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.

Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu prefectures, along with Kezilesu Kirgiz autonomous prefecture, in southern Xinjiang are recognized by the country as severely underdeveloped areas with frail environments, frequent natural disasters and huge, impoverished populations.