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This would reduce the Coffee trees by 353 per acre 

 and leave 472 per acre. 



It is of course a fact that any interplanting 

 will, to a certain extent, interfere with and retard 

 the Eubber, but the planter will, we take it, not 

 mind whether his profits are from Rubber or 

 Coffee, as long as he secures them ; and the advant- 

 age of an interplanted area over an area not 

 interplanted is so immense as to form an over- 

 whelming argument in favour of the interplanting 

 system. It is well, however, to bear in mind that 

 the Coffee must be sacrificed at the right time. 



Fig. 24 shows Para interplanted with Cocoa. 

 Apparently both crops are doing well. There are, 

 however, more reasons than one against this 

 practice. Firstly the shade given by the Para 

 tree cannot be controlled without damaging the 

 tree. Secondly, it has been found that canker will 

 attack both Cocoa and Para, and the separation 

 of the two crops is thus advisable. 



Annual crops, such as Maize, Beans, Sim-Sim, 

 and Ground Nuts may be permitted between the 

 young plants for the first two years, but they 

 should be sown hi rows, and not close up to the 



