. India rubber world. production. . It is for the shareholders to see whetherthey are prepared to continue a system which practically amountsto a subsidization of London houses at the expense of theirpockets. PUTTING IN MOKE KUBBEH. In a recent speech to the Legislative Council of the StraitsSettlements, the Governor said: The cultivation of rubber does not as yet appear to havesuffered any serious setback. Where estates have had someother form of cultivation together with rubber, whether it iscocoanuts, gambler or tapioca, the tendency to remove the secondcrop shows few signs of diminution. 2
. India rubber world. production. . It is for the shareholders to see whetherthey are prepared to continue a system which practically amountsto a subsidization of London houses at the expense of theirpockets. PUTTING IN MOKE KUBBEH. In a recent speech to the Legislative Council of the StraitsSettlements, the Governor said: The cultivation of rubber does not as yet appear to havesuffered any serious setback. Where estates have had someother form of cultivation together with rubber, whether it iscocoanuts, gambler or tapioca, the tendency to remove the secondcrop shows few signs of diminution. 240 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [February 1, 1914. The Editors Book Table. RUBBER AND PLANTING. BV K. II. LOCK, SC. York, 1913. G. P. Putnams Sons. (Cloth, 8vo, 245 pages.] IN his endeavor to make his book suitable for as wide a cir-cle of readers as possible, Dr. Lock has combined the sci-j- ence of rubber planting with general information of useto the prospective planter. His experience as .Assistant Di-. Hevea Rubber on .Swami-v Land. rector of the Botanic Gardens, Ceylon, has been of value tohim in the preparation of this volume, wdiich embraces a de-scription of the planting, harvesting and manufacturing workinvolved in bringing rubber from the field to the with the botany of rubber, and the physiology oflatex production, Dr. Lock deals with tapping and otherpoints connected with harvesting operations. This leads upto a description of factory work on the estate, including thetransport of latex, coagulation, washing, drying, creping,smoking and smoke-curing. Dr. Lock remarks that planta-tion rubber comes on the market as biscuit, sheet, crepe andblock, any of these forms being either smoked or unsmoked,and the unsmoked varieties differing much in color. Thethickness and other characteristics of the various types differ
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