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by Mr. E. V. Carey. Here are three hundred acres containing some 

 60,000 trees that average three years of age. Most of this rubber is 

 planted 20X10 feet, although there is some 10X10 and 15X15. One 

 advantage of the 10X10 planting was that almost no weeding was 

 necessary, the ground being absolutely free from all vegetation. While 

 going over this plantation Mr. Carey and I experimented with a two- 

 handled tapping knife, an invention of his, which certainly did very 

 effective work. 



RUBBER PLANTATION VIEW IN SELANGOR, FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



[Five year old "Hevea" Pataling Estate.] 



Next to the estate of which Mr. Carey has charge is the Batu Unjor 

 plantation owned by a wealthy Chinaman, Loke Yew, on which there 

 are some 17,000 four and one-half year Heveas which looked first rate. 



The land in Selangor belongs to the state and is acquired by the 

 payment of two dollars, Mexican, an acre cash, and one dollar an acre 

 annual rental in perpetuity; twenty-five per cent, of the land must be 

 under cultivation within five years, or it reverts to the government. At 

 the same time the powers that be are very lenient and disposed to help all 

 honest effort by granting time extensions. There is also a two and one- 



