. Agricultural bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States. New series. Agriculture; Agriculture. 46 Result of work with Messrs. Hdgan & Co., Limited, Fibre Scraping Machine . Karatas ... Abaca (Manila hemp) Pisang (common banana) Pineapple Aloes (Fourcroya) ... Wei out of machine from Gross weight of leaves. Wet to dry 29-l6% 18-18% 11 49% 2777% 33 33% Dry fibre, from Gros> weight of leaves 2"37% o-6i% 2-69% ON THE FRUIT USED FOR COLORING BEAN-CHEESE. Specimens of the fruit used in coloring bean-cheese as described in Bulletin were sent to Kew for identification where they
. Agricultural bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States. New series. Agriculture; Agriculture. 46 Result of work with Messrs. Hdgan & Co., Limited, Fibre Scraping Machine . Karatas ... Abaca (Manila hemp) Pisang (common banana) Pineapple Aloes (Fourcroya) ... Wei out of machine from Gross weight of leaves. Wet to dry 29-l6% 18-18% 11 49% 2777% 33 33% Dry fibre, from Gros> weight of leaves 2"37% o-6i% 2-69% ON THE FRUIT USED FOR COLORING BEAN-CHEESE. Specimens of the fruit used in coloring bean-cheese as described in Bulletin were sent to Kew for identification where they were recognized as those of the Chinese Gardenia, Gardenia florida. Editor. CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION OF PARA RUBBER, BY W. H. JOHNSON. This is a nicely got up little book of 96 pages by the Director of Agriculture on the Gold Coast, and is illustrated with six plates. As at present very little has been done in the Gold Coast in rubber plant- ing, it is natural that this work should be mainly a compilation of papers published in the Malay Peninsula, Ceylon and elsewhere. With respect to the site for the plantation as to whether dry or wet land is best, the author states that many failures have been ex- perienced by planters endeavouring to cultivate the tree in swampy land The critic does not remember to have heard of any such cases. Recently, a statement has been published saying that the assertion that wild Para rubber grows on swamp land is incorrect and that it grows on high land, but all the best authorities who have had much experience in Brazil, M. BONNECHEAUX, M. ClBOT and others state that the low swampy flooded ground of the Botanic Gar- dens rubber plantation is exactly similar to the habitat of the plant in Northern Brazil. I do not think the time has come yet when we can say it thrives equally well on dry soil. No plantations in such ground have been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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