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Miscellaneous. 



arranged on behalf of the Imperial 

 Institute to send samples and selections 

 of every known rubber grown in British 

 possessions— an exhibit which would be 

 xof value to all scientists, manufacturers, 

 and students. He had advice from 

 Ceylon and Malaya that they were 

 energetically at work, but they wanted 

 assistance from this side. Resolutions 

 moved by Mr. Norman Grieve and Mr. 

 Alexander Bethune were carried, approv- 

 ing the appointment of special com- 

 mittees of gentlemen connected with 

 Malaya and Ceylon to secure subscrip- 

 tions from companies and individuals 

 with Mid-Eastern interests, the com- 

 mittees in Malaya and Ceylon being 

 advised by cable of the amount sub- 

 cribed. Mr. Norman Grieve explained 

 that the Rubber Growers' Association 

 had appointed a committee of three 

 to go into the question of medals and 

 awards to be offered for competition 

 by planting companies. Mr. Herbert 

 Wright wrote suggesting that a resolu- 

 tion should be passed appointing repre- 

 sentatives to take charge of the interests 

 of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, mention- 

 ing Mr. R. N. G. Bingley, Mr. A. G. N. 

 Swart, and Mr. Hammond. The pro- 

 posal was approved, though no one knew, 

 in their absence, whether those gentle- 

 men were prepared to serve. 



In answer to a question as to whether 

 the British machinery manufacturers 

 were going to exhibit in New York, Mr. 

 Manders said up to the present they had 

 not agreed to come in. They felt they 

 could not compete with manufacturers 

 on the other side, but he reminded them 

 that the Americans were already turn- 

 ing their attention to machinery re- 

 quired for plantations and wild rubber. 

 A very large percentage of the makers 

 of American machinery would be exhibi- 

 ting, and it would be the English machi- 

 nery makers' loss if they held aloof. 

 For the rest, Mr. Manders made it clear 

 that rubber interests in all their infinite 

 variety will be well represented, and he 

 left the impression that it will be neces- 

 sary for those who have not yet signi- 

 fied their willingness to participate, to 

 hurry up if they would not be too late. 



The support which has been forthcoming 

 in the past few weeks has assured the 

 success of the enterprise, and we can 

 only hope that as rubber is to a very 

 large extent a British Imperial asset, so 

 British interests, whether on the plant- 

 ing or manufacturing side, will be ade- 

 quately represented in New York. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



(From the Indian Agriculturist, Vol. 

 XXXVII., No. 4, April 1, 1912.) 



Recommended by Burma Agri- 

 cultural Department. 

 The following is a list of implements 

 recommended by the Department of 

 Agriculture, Burma :— 



1. Large iron plough, Rs. 27. — This 

 plough is of general utility and works 

 well on all soils— irrigated or unirrigated. 

 It ploughs to a good depth and is very 

 useful in getting land prepared quickly 

 or in helping to free it from weeds. 

 One ploughing is equal to three or four 

 with the HU. It is excellent for large 

 holdings where deep cultivation is re- 

 quired. 



2. The " Meston " plough, Rs. 7-8.— 

 A light iron plough which does much 

 better work than the Burmese plough. 

 It is especially suitable for light and 

 medium soils, is easy of draught and 

 prepares the land for sowing quickly 

 and well. 



3. Small cultivator, Rs. 110 — This cul- 

 tivator runs on three wheels and has 

 seven teeth which stir up the soil. Two 

 or more teeth can be removed if desired, 

 It does excellent work in land infested 

 by weeds ; and for rapidly preparing 

 fields for sowing dry crops it is une- 

 qualled. One pair of bullocks can draw 

 it with five teeth, or in light soil with 

 seven teeth ; but in heavy soil two pairs 

 will be required for seven teeth. Useful 

 only on large holdings as the cost is high. 



4. Bullock hoe or cultivatior, Rs. 40.— 

 This implement can be used for many 

 purposes ;— 



(1) As a cultivator before sowing. 

 It has five iron teeth and does work 



