India rubber world . and thrifty as they couldpossibly have been. A little later the shade of the tree seemsto discourage the growth of the grass and in one planting, wherethe trees were between lour and five years old, the grass hadpracticiillv disappeared. The refusal of the Caslilloato put up with too much waterivas emphasized by a sectionof land, containing perhapsten acres, on the Manhattanplantation, where during theheavy rains the water had notdrained away quickly enoughand most of the trees haddied. Speaking of the rain in thissection, the local report is thatthere is about 250 inches
India rubber world . and thrifty as they couldpossibly have been. A little later the shade of the tree seemsto discourage the growth of the grass and in one planting, wherethe trees were between lour and five years old, the grass hadpracticiillv disappeared. The refusal of the Caslilloato put up with too much waterivas emphasized by a sectionof land, containing perhapsten acres, on the Manhattanplantation, where during theheavy rains the water had notdrained away quickly enoughand most of the trees haddied. Speaking of the rain in thissection, the local report is thatthere is about 250 inches ayear. I dont know that thatis the result of actual meas- WALDRONS CANADA PLANTATION. u r e m e n t, butwhile we werethere it about aseasily as it doesin any part of theworld. Duringa forenoons ridewe would oftengo through threeor lour showers,not heavy ones,but like the gen-tlest sort of re-freshing springrain. The elevation of the bunchof plantation-that we were visiting is about 250feet above sea. RESIDENCE OF SIM IRON. level, and as a rule, soil was very rich and very well of the first plantations that we visited was one owned by I, 1905.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 331
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