May i, 1910. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



289 



Progress of Rubber Planting. 



AMERICAN RUBBER PLANTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 



AX article on "The Cultivation of Rubber" in the Philip- 

 pines is contributed by Dr. J. W. Strong to a "histori- 

 cal and industrial number" of The Mindanao Herald pub- 

 lished at Zamboanga. This special issue is in commemoration 

 of the first ten years of American occupation of the Philip- 

 pines, and is tilled with authentic information regarding the 

 progress already made, together with indications of further 

 development, in the near future, of the undeniably great nat- 

 ural resources of the archipelago. 



Dr. Strong ha> given much attention to the progress of 

 rubber planting there, including his own experiments on an 

 extensive «cale. with both Hevea and Ceara rubbers. By the 

 way, lie details the results of tapping 200 Ceara trees, taken 

 "'as they ran." beginning on the day they were three years 

 old from the seed. They were tapped daily for 7 days 

 allowed to rest for two weeks, again tapped daily for 7 days, 

 another rest for two weeks, and finally tapped for 7 days — a 



Dr. J. W. Strong. 



[The First Planter in the Philippines to Tap 

 Cultivated Rubber Trees.] 



total of 21 daily tappings within seven weeks. The yield of 

 dry rubber is stated as follows, for the 200 trees: 



First seven days 5.100 grams [= 11.243 pounds] 



Second seven days 4.500 grams [= 9.920 pounds] 



Third seven days 3.600 grams [= 7.937 pounds] 



Total 13.200 grams [= 29.100 pounds] 



1 he average yield was slightly under 2 l /s ounces per tree. 

 One tree, however, gave 1.12 pounds. This is referred to as 

 the first tapping of planted rubber in the Philippines. 



The Davao Planters' Association has been an important 

 factor in the agricultural development of the district referred 

 to. The association represents 48 American and Spanish 

 owned plantations, interested in hemp, cocoanuts, and cattle. 

 Most of the planters have put in some rubber, and it is inti- 

 mated in the Herald that further results from Dr. Strong's 

 plantation are awaited with great interest. "On receipt of a 

 favorable report." it is stated, "there will be extensive plant- 

 ing [of rubber] all around the gulf." 



RUBEER DIVIDEND OF 125 PER CENT. 



The accounts presented at the seventh annual meeting of the 

 shareholders of The Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate, Limited 

 [London, April 6], covering the year ended December 31, 1909, 

 contained details which permit the following comparative state- 

 ment to be made of the results of this company up to date: 



The company now have 1,422 acres under rubber, ranging in 

 age from two years up. No statement is given of the number 

 of trees tapped in any year, but the cost of the rubber produced, 

 after charging up directors' fees, office expenses in London and 

 all depreciation, worked out at is. z /?d. In view of the high 

 price obtained for the rubber, the net profit averaged 4s. loyid. 

 [=$i.i8y 2 ] per pound. The dividends for the year — 125 per 

 cent. — were in excess of the best results reported for any com- 

 pany hitherto. 



PROFITS OF THE ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER CO. 



The fourth annual report of The Anglo-Malay Rubber Co.. 

 Limited — presented at the meeting in London on April 30 — like 

 its predecessors, contains many details of interest. A com- 

 parison of all the details in the various yearly reports is rendered 

 difficult frcrn the fact that they are not drawn up on the same 



Ceara Rubber in the Philippines. 



[First Tapping of Cultivated Rubber in the Islands 

 Plantation of Dr. Strong at Isabela de Basilan.] 



