No. 3.) 



MARCH, 1911. 



Vol X. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Pagh. 



Rubber Smoking House . . . . . . . . 64 



Science and Agriculture . . . . . . . . ■ . 66 



Some Suggestions . . . . . . . . , . 69 



Hevea Disease in Ceylon . . . . . . - . 70 



Java Grass Oils . . . . . . . . .71 



Gadung. Dioscorea Daemona . . . . . . 73 



Mustard as a Catchcrop for Rubber . . . . . . .74 



Spangle-Scale on Soursop . . . . . . . . .74 



Rubber Notes . . . . . . . . -75 



Rubber . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 



Plantation-Grown Rubber . . . . . . . . 81 



Rainfall .. .. .. .. .. -.86 



Weather Report . . . . . . . . .87 



Accounts of Agri-Horticultural Show, 1910 .. .. . . SS 



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