No. 10.] OCTOBER, 1$08. [Vol. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



V • • : " OP THE 



STRAITS 

 FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



. EDITED BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



AND 



J. B. CARBUT.HERS, F.R.s.E., f.l.s., 

 Director of Agriculture d Government Botanist, F.M.S. 



CONTENTS 



1. Improvements of Fruits in Malaya ., ... ... 433 



2. The Improvement of the Dairy Cow in the Malay Peninsula ... 437 



3. Some Diseases of Rubber Plants ... ... ... ... 439 



4. Notes on some Piscicidea ... ... ... ... 443 



5. Ramie Fibre ... ... ... ... ... ... 445 



C. The Chinese Method of Notation of Crops and Reclamation of 



Laiang Land ... ... ... ... ... 4C0 



7. Fifth Joint Annual Agri-Horticultural Show of the Malay Penin- 



sula, Held at Kuala Lumper 10th, 11th, and 12th, August, 1908... 468 



8. Personal ... ... ... ... ... ... 4S1 



9. Growth of Gutta Percha. ... ... ... ... 481 



10. Emergency Meeting of the Plai: 'ta' Association of Malaya ... 482 



11. Singapore Market Report ... .. ... ... 489 



12. Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports ... 490 



13. Exports Telegrams to Europe an<i America ... ... ... 490 



14. John Haddon & Co' s. Special Pi uduoejLefcter ... 498 



15. Ceylon, Straits and Malay States 'uubber Reports ... ... 502 



16. Weather Reports ... . . ... ... "07 



To be purchased at the Botanic GardeDS, Singapore, or from 

 Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. 

 No. 32 Raffles Place, and Orchard Road, Singapore. 



Singapore.; - ; ' 

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