August 1, 1911.] 



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raised and sold to planters nearly 200,000 plants of this species. The coagulating method is a compromise between that in use 



In addition to this very important distribution, land has been in the Middle East and in Brazil. It consists in coagulating by 



cleared and planted at the government experiment stations at acetic acid and then smoking, only instead of the Urucuri palm 



Christianburg, Bonasika, Onderneemig, Pomeroon and Issororo. nut they use the fruit of the Cokerite palm. 



"HhVI-.A BuAMI.ItNMb" AT G( A'ERN'MENT IXDUSIKLAL ::il.HOUL FaRM. 



Onderneeming. Age 414 Years. 



These plantings represent several thousand trees, in every variety 

 of soil. A careful record of growth is kept and the future 

 planter will thus have a remarkable fund of exact information 

 to draw from before selecting land and putting in seed. 



The Department of Agriculture is nothing if not thorough 

 and it has not only planted Para rubber at its own stations, but 

 at the stations of the Department of Lands and Mines as well. 

 To-day, therefore, at Turmaturmari. Itaki, Arrawak-Matope, 

 Arakaka and Towakaima, Para trees are growing and it has been 

 established that the upper reaches of the great rivers and the 

 interior forest lands are well adapted for Para cultivation. 



Planters have also taken, of late, considerable interest in Para 

 planting. On the sugar estates many experiments have been 

 tried and on the higher reaches the trees are doing very well. 



Already one estate on the Demerara river has produced Para 

 at the rate of 3 lbs. per tree, tapping only three months of the 

 year. 



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"Castili.oa Ei.astica" at Botanic Gardens. 



The department estimates that about 1,000 acres are now 

 planted to Hevca BrasiHeiisis and this area is very rapidly being 

 increased. They estimate also for drained lands, a cost of about 









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"Hevea Brasiliensis" at Plantation Noitgedacht Demerara. 

 Age 11 Years. Girth 40J4 Inches. 



$70 per acre for the first year and thereafter $25 per year for 

 upkeep. On higher land the initial cost is $48 per acre. 



