No. 10.] 



OCTOBEE, 1908. 



[Vol. VII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 

 AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, F.R.S.E., f.l.s., 

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



CONTENTS 



Page. 



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. Motes on some Piscicides ... ... ... ... 443 



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



6. The Chinese Method of Rotation of Crops and Reclamation of 



Lalang Land ... ... ... ... ... 450 



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



sula, Held at Kuala Lumpor 10th, 11th, and 12th, Angust,1908... 452 



8. Personal ... ... ... ... ... ... 48I 



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



10. Emergency Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya ... 482 



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



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



13. Exports Telegrams to Europe and America ... ... ... 496 



14. John Haddon & Co's. Special Produce Letter ... .. 498 



15. Ceylon, Straits and Malay States Rubber Reports ... ... 502 



16. Weather Reports ... ... . . ... ... 507 



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

 Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. 

 No. 32 Raffles Place, and 194 Orchard Road, Singapore. 



Singapore : 



Printed at the Methodist Publishing House. 



