. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 267. RUBBER INDUSTRY, AWARDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL, RUBBER EXHIBITION. The following information concerning the awards for exhibits from the West Indies and British Guiana, at the International Rubber Exhibition, is taken from theU'esi India Committee Circular of July 18,1911:— JMr. .1. N. Kelway Bamber, , of Ceylon, Mr. Por- ter, of La Zacualpa Rubber Plantations in Mexico, and Mr. E. Luxmoore Marshall, who kindly nndevtook to judge the West Indian exhibits at the Inte
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. X. No. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 267. RUBBER INDUSTRY, AWARDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL, RUBBER EXHIBITION. The following information concerning the awards for exhibits from the West Indies and British Guiana, at the International Rubber Exhibition, is taken from theU'esi India Committee Circular of July 18,1911:— JMr. .1. N. Kelway Bamber, , of Ceylon, Mr. Por- ter, of La Zacualpa Rubber Plantations in Mexico, and Mr. E. Luxmoore Marshall, who kindly nndevtook to judge the West Indian exhibits at the International Rubber Exhi- bition, have made the following award.* : — Silver Cup offered by the West India Committee for the !t specinien of Plantation Rubber—!Mr. , Planta- tion Noitgedacht, Guiana. Silver Cup offered by the India Committee for the finest specimen of Balata—The Consolidated Rubber and Balata Estates, Ltd. Silver Cup offered by Messrs. Booker Bros., nell & Co., Ltd, of the AVest India Comniitcee, for the best exhibit by a West Indian Botanic Department—The Depart- ment of Agriculture of Trinidad and Tobago. Silver Cup offered by Mr. W. Middleton Campbell, Chair- man of the West India Committee, for the beat West Indian exhibit—The Permanent Exhibition Com- mittee of Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Kelway Bamber submitted the following report regarding the Indian exhibits : — 1 the honour of being invited to assist in the j . ihe AVest Indian exhibits at the International Rubbei iiiid Allied Trades Exhibition and would like to add a few remarks re the various samples of ruliber shown. The .Jamaica exhibit of the Castilloa variety was almost entinli- ill ill- fijiiii of thin, dark-coloured .sheets, containing > ii'k, etc. These could easily be improved uj . '.] straining and washing of the latex and coa-ii ;c washed cream on tightly stretched ; ' r;?efrom hairs and protected from
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