European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Top a shopkeeper scoops some Squash seeds for a customer. Above a Street Vendor Sells Short Sticks that when chewed clean one s a amps photos by Lynda Davidson a ramshackle women s souk in thu Bah looks like a converted garage vendors line their poorly lit stalls Borders with blankets. The Entrance is open and heavily veiled women huddle on the floor in their stalls Selling a variety of feminine items that vary Little from Booth to Booth including handmade pot holders Selling for about the equivalent of 30 cents along with cheap cosmetics embroidered pantaloons skirts undershirts fabrics and Bayas. On Brand of Cologne sold there even depicted an Aba aed woman on its aggressive than other merchants these Small time vendors Call out in arabic to passers by ignoring foreigners inability to speak the language. Never far from the old souks is a convention that seems terribly Western but clearly is rooted in the Universal a passion for finding a great bargain. A our guide called it the Quot everything for 10 riyals Quot or $2.66, store. Its electric sign blurts its uniform Price in both arabic and hindu numbers hindu being the Type of numeral used strangely enough by the arabs. It was the perfect finish for a tour at the Point where the old once again merged with the new. A staff writer Deecee Ai Angton Doke was in saudi Arabia in december and _ january a. He workers tend the milking machine sat the Al Safi Dairy farm near Riyadh. Dairy Oasis in the desert a saudi Success Story saudi arabian Chi fuels the world s Gas tanks bup5audi agricultural leaders want to strike a Gusher of fresh Dairy products to end their country s Reliance on Dairy imports. Saudi Arabia now produces 40 percent of the Dairy goods consumed by its countrymen that s an increase of More than four times its output of 10 years ago but it still is less than a half the amount needed to meet consumer demand. Quot food Security a that is the policy of our country. To depend on our own selves Quot said Abdullah a. Saif director general of the. Saudi arabian agriculture and Dairy co. Sail s company produces fresh Dairy products at the Al Safi Dairy farm in the Ai Sahba Valley about 100 Kilometres Southeast or Riyadh. Quot in 1 977, this was Sand dunes Quot a saudi guide said of the Green Fields that surround the Dairy. Its 1989 revenues were 200 million saudi riyals or nearly $54 executives expect the 1990 figures to increase by at least 10 percent Saif said. Dignitaries visiting saudi Arabia often get a tour of the sprawling farm in which Prince Abdullah Al Faisal is a key investor. It is one of the world s largest integrated farms and a major Success Story in saudi agricultural development. An integrated farm grows crops on the. Premises to feed its cow population in Breeding and raising the animals it also processes and own. Products. Some 9,500 cows out of the Dairy s 25,000 head earn their keep by producing Quot milk twice a Day. Others Are sold for 4,500 calves Are born then each year. Sixty eight Wells provide hot As 161 degrees fahrenheit Belore the heat Luh sides in Cooling towers that Are now being built throughout the project because managers tear that May lie overextended the1 into containment tanks built next to Cooling towers. Water emerges from the1 ground Salty so a Vyater treatment Plant that Cost 16-million saudi riyals or $4.2 million was added because the Salt caused kidney diseases in the cows. Quot so the cows Are drinking pure water now Quot the guide said. I handling the Dairy s work is an. International group of 750 workers who live on the premises. A suggestion list that hangs in various workplaces and in the workers Community c enter advises employees Quot Don t fall for psychological warfare Quot Quot Don t repeat re Morse Quot stay Calm Quot and Quot lighten up a Little Quot among other ideas. Dutch agricultural College students also help with the Dairy s workload under a agreement Between educators in the Netherlands and c company management. The students who spend six to 1 2 months in hands on training receive food and housing for their work. ,. It. Cmdr. Gary Anderson a guard a. Reservoir Nhy Ember deployed to saudi Arabia teaches agriculture in his Home slate of Wisconsin. He said he s eager to visit the farm and Tell his students about it when he returns Home. Quot i bet some of their original c own tame from our area a Anderson said. A d. February 14, 1991 stripes Magazine f1?
