The roads running north and south arc 

 called avenues, and those east and west streets, 

 the former being named and the latter being 

 numbered. 



These roads are now several miles long, and 

 in order to facilitate transportation of the labor 

 to various parts of the plantation, the Company 

 is about to put in a small electric railroad. 



The land is cleared by cutting down the 

 forest and is then burnt off. 



After the burning the land is staked out to 

 allow for 400 trees to the acre. A small 

 mound of earth is made at each stake, and the 

 rubber seeds are imbedded therein. 



The seed will germinate in from eight to 

 fifteen days, and one month from the time of 

 planting the plant attains a height of about 

 eight inches, and its growth from this time on 

 is rapid and may roughly be put down as one 

 foot per month. Our three-year-old trees are 

 over thirty feet high, and those of four years 

 about thirty-five feet. 



After the planting has been done, great care 

 is taken that the forest growth does not choke 

 out the young tree. This growth is kept down 

 continually, thus giving the young rubber tree 

 a good start until it is able to take care of itself, 

 which it can do two years after planting, after 

 which time it requires very little attention. 



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