No. 10.] 



OCTOBEE, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 

 BY 



H. N. EIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., p.r.h.s. 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1 Rubber Cultivation on so-called Peat Soil ... ... ... 468 



2. Cotton in Baram, Sarawak ... ... ... ... ... 470 



3. Padi and its Relation to Beri-beri ... ... ... ... 472 



4. The Cultivated Crotalaria ... ... ... ... ... 474 



5. An American View of Agricultural Exhibitions ... ... ... 474 



6. Rubber Areas and Production ... ... ... ... ... 475 



7. Planters' Association of Malaya, Minutes of, ... .. ... 476 



8. List of Prize Winners of the Penang Show ... ... ... 491 



9. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... ... 509 



From the first of January, 1909 



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