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planting distances, cultivation of the soil, liming, manuring and 

 drainage all assume a fresh interest when they are considered 

 from this point of view. The reason " Why? " of many things 

 is thus made clear, and calls for the careful attention of all 

 rubber-planters who take, or who desire to take, an intelligent 

 interest in their work. A higher degree of efficiency than in 

 the past is being demanded from the managers of rubber 

 estates, and without intelligent knowledge that can scarcely 

 be forthcoming. 



The great Napoleon is said to have remarked that when 

 he died people would find written upon his heart the word 

 " Moscow." So upon the heart of every good planter should 

 be indelibly engraved the word Cultivate. 



