The rubber tree book . in the field, improved methods are muchrequired. The discrimination in price in favour of fine hardPara as against plantation rubber, amounting in the aggregateat present to over a million pounds sterling per annum,proves this beyond discussion. In the case of rubber, like allother products, quality tells and will always tell. To assist in obtaining better results than have been securedin the past, to achieve these on more economical lines andwith a greater regard than has hitherto been shown for thefuture welfare of the rubber-growing industry viewed as apermanent inves
The rubber tree book . in the field, improved methods are muchrequired. The discrimination in price in favour of fine hardPara as against plantation rubber, amounting in the aggregateat present to over a million pounds sterling per annum,proves this beyond discussion. In the case of rubber, like allother products, quality tells and will always tell. To assist in obtaining better results than have been securedin the past, to achieve these on more economical lines andwith a greater regard than has hitherto been shown for thefuture welfare of the rubber-growing industry viewed as apermanent investment, is the object with which this book hasbeen written. The words, then, used by the famous old Roman historian,Pliny, in the preface to his Natural History, appear to be appro-priate: It is a difficult task to give newness to old things,authority to new things. Nature to all and all to Nature. Tosuch, nevertheless, who cannot attain to all these, it is greatlycommendable and magnificent to have attempted the 20
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