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EXPERIENCES IN COLOMBIA 



"It is an accepted fact that in five, or even four years, if well cared 

 for, a rubber tree in the Choco will give a total annual product, of 

 various cuttings or tappings, of a pound of chaza, and that if care is 

 taken not to injure the tree, this amount will annually increase. The 

 commerce of the Choco is in the hands of the white race, who live in 

 the principal towns. Many have gone into rubber planting, and some 



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esteem their plantations more than their merchandising. Among the 

 principal ones are : 



Juan C. Olier, Rio Sucio, Atraio, Colombia. 



Ciceron Angel, Quibdo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Carlos Nicholas Ferrer, Quibdo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Gonzalo Zuniga, Quibdo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Meluk & Co., Quibdo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Delfmo Diaz, Quibdo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Manuel Rios, Rio Sucio, Atrato, Colombia. 



Luis Gonzales, Turbo, Atrato, Colombia. 



Abuchar Hermanos, Sautata, Atrato, Colombia. 



Rene Granger, manager, Yankomba, Atrato, Colombia. 



Luis M. Santamara, manager, La Carolina, Uraba, Colombia. 



Francisco de B. Carrasco, Istmina Choco, San Juan, Colombia. 

 not to mention the hundreds of small plantations of much larger 

 aggregate than the above, whose planting will amount to probably about 

 three hundred thousand trees, all of Castilloa except at La Carolina, 



