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pointed toward more latex at night he felt that a similar experiment 

 would be justified. 



At the present time he keeps a careful record of the production of 

 each tree and for this purpose the trees are numbered. When a tree 

 has a circumference of thirty inches it is fit to tap, whether it is five, 



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six, seven, or more years old. His first year's tapping in 1901 was 4,010 

 trees, from which he secured 4,600 pounds of first quality Para. In 

 1902 the production was about the same, the production for 1903 from 

 8,300 trees being 10,500 pounds. From 2,500 trees on Heatherly, which 

 have just come in bearing, he gets 3,500 pounds. 



To show how thoroughly Mr. Harrison is seeking for knowledge of 

 the Hevea, he has even had the 



leaves analyzed to know just what 

 they get in the way of food from 

 the soil of Culloden. The analysis 

 is as follows : 



Fresh. Air Dried. 



Moisture 90.605% 10.600% 



Organic matter . 8.510% 85.150% 

 Ash .849% 4.250% 



The analysis of the organic matter showed that it contained 3.696 

 per cent, of nitrogen, while the ash showed as follows : 



