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Klang, 23KD October. 



The Editor, 



Agricultural Bulletin, Singapore. 



Dear Sir, — Please find herewith a letter from Mr. C. E. S. 

 BAXENDALE of Jugra, which I venture to think will prove very in- 

 teresting reading to many of your readers. 



The question of the maximum yield of our Para trees, if adver- 

 tised in this manner, ought to attract attention from far outside the 

 Malay Peninsula ! 



1 am dear Sir, 

 Yours Faithfully, 



E. V. CAREY. 



YIELD OE PARA-RIBBER TREES. 



. Jugra Estatk. 

 Selangor, October 21st, iyo2. 



The Editor, 



The Agricultural Bulletin. 



DEAR SlR, — Can you tell me what is the record yield of a Para 

 rubber tree for one year? 



By this mail I have despatched to Liverpool, parcels containing 

 26 lbs. of clean rubber and 3 lbs. of scrap, the result of two months 

 (exhaustive) tapping of two trees growing in Mr. Salisbury's gar- 

 den at Gapis Estate. Perak. The trees are said to have been planted 

 by Sir HUGH Low 19 or 20 years ago, on what Mr. SALISBURY 

 considers to be the poorest soil possessed by the Kuala Kangsar 

 Plantations Co. 



Tree No. 1 . — Girth at one yard from ground 89 inches, Never 

 previously cut. I worked this tree from three channels (beginning 

 with a three cornered chisel and going on with my pruning knife) 

 and the first days yeil-d was just one ounce of rubber. During the 

 next five days lbs. was the result. Then the yeild rapidly in- 

 creased, the daily average for ten days exceeding half a pound. 

 The maximum, twelve ounces, was reached at the twelth day from 

 commencement. At the end of July, I left Gapis, and Mr. 

 SALISBURY continued the work with occasional intervals until Sep- 

 tember 1 8th. 



lbs. ozs. 



Yeild of clean rubber (after from one to three months drying) 15 12 

 ,, „ „ „ „ „ Scrap 2 4 



Total lbs. 18 o 



Tree No. 2. — Girth at one yard from ground 56" (yeilded 3 lbs. 

 during July, 1901). 



Except that we worked this from two channels instead of three 

 the method was the same. 



