. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. IX. No. 2U. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. 211. THE JEQUIE MANICOBA RUBBER TREE. The followinpf is taken from a special article, deal- ing with the Jecjuit- Mani<;oba rubber tree {.Uani/iot dicla/toma), which appears in the Tropical Agricul- turist for April 1910:— During the past year, various owiu'is of Miinicoba rubber land [in Brazil] been directing attention to the culture of this tree. I visited several plantations, ranging from a few acres to 100 acres in area. I was .anxious to investigate the cultura
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. IX. No. 2U. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. 211. THE JEQUIE MANICOBA RUBBER TREE. The followinpf is taken from a special article, deal- ing with the Jecjuit- Mani<;oba rubber tree {.Uani/iot dicla/toma), which appears in the Tropical Agricul- turist for April 1910:— During the past year, various owiu'is of Miinicoba rubber land [in Brazil] been directing attention to the culture of this tree. I visited several plantations, ranging from a few acres to 100 acres in area. I was .anxious to investigate the cultural capabilities of the tree. The owners of these lands are ignorant of the lines on which this culture should be initiated. They take it for granted that sticking the .Manicoba seeds or cuttings into cleared ground is all that is necessary, without further attention. One important fac- tor is in their favour : I refer to the wonderful tenacity of life and recuperative power pervading this jijant. The primi- tive procedure by which the incipient seedlings and cuttings are left to take care of themselves with a vigw to establish- ing plantations, is antagonistic to the development of the trees, for nothing is more important than the proper treat- ment of young plants in the establishment of prospective great plantations. The result of the preliminary attempts in Cjuestion was an'aggregation of maltreated plants. In this connexion it may be noted that about half a dozen labourers only, men who know nothing about rubbei- cultivation, and who have nobody to instruct them, perform all the work appertaining to the upkeep of such plantations, comprising some .50,000 plants. Of course they ha\e but few weeds to contend with—an important —as the)- are in general suppressed by the peculiar soil and climatic condi- tions. I therefore could not help coming to the conclusion, that if these imjirovised plantations were placed under my control, I should replant them througho
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