Miscellaneous. 518 



The vertical cutting and pricking 

 seems to cause such rapid expansion 

 that the weakened bark splits, thus 

 allowing borers to get in. 



Manihot dichotoma. — Further losses 

 from wind have occurred in the 12 x 12 

 plot. A table of yields is appended. 



Castilloa.— On tapping a trunk from 

 a height of about 18 ft., to the base, 

 51*90 grammes of dry rubber were ob- 

 tained ; it was noticeable that the top 

 2 cuts were the only ones to yield any 

 appreciable quantities of latex : it was 

 also found impossible to persuade the 

 latex to run down the tree by means 

 of spraying; by the time the tapper, 

 who started at the top, had got about 

 half way down, the latex had already 

 coagulated in the higher cuts. 



The method used was very "severe, 

 being full herring bone on each side in- 

 flicted with a mallet and chisel. 



Paddy.— The paddy crop is being 

 transplanted, different equal-sized por- 

 tions of the field being marked and the 

 plants put in at different distances in each 

 to ascertain the most favourable inter- 

 vals. Half of the field will be manured. 



Name. 



Tephrosia Candida 

 . . purpurea 

 .. Hookenaua 



Cassia raimosoidesl 



Leueaena glauoa 



Green Manures. 



Yield last cutting. 



435 lbs. 

 106 „ 

 108 „ 

 92 „ 

 215 ,. 



per acre. 



43,500 

 10,600 

 10,800 

 9,200 

 21,500 



[December, 1910, 



Fruit.— Some of the plots are ready 

 for planting. Varieties best suited to 

 this elevation have been decided on. 



Many of the plantains, which are now 

 one year old, have green bunches on 

 them. 



Soil Wash. 



Loss from April to October 1910 is as 

 follows : — 



Desmodium 

 Mixed Crotalaria 

 Dadap 

 Bare weeded 

 Crotalaria incana 



174 lb. Albizzia .. 1150 1b. 



1117 „ Crotalaria across 



5i542 „ slope 528 1b. 



3'J46 „ Deep forking 4535J „ 



1962 ,, Ipomea .. 698 „ 



The loss for the previous 

 ending March 1910 being :— 



12 months 



Desmodium 

 Mixed Crotalaria 

 Dadap .. 

 Bare weeded 

 Crotalaiia incana 



6052 lb. Albizzia . . 3631 lb. 



1441 „ Crotalaria across 

 58'OJ „ slope . 1395 ,, 



53881 ,, Deep forking 5168 „ 



2665| „ Ipomea .. 2235 „ 



Catch Crops in Coconuts.— \ acre of 

 cassava has been planted in the coconuts 

 and seed has been obtained to sow 

 another \ with Soya bean. 



Clearing.— About 4 acres of the aban- 

 doned cacao have been cleared. 



GRASSES.— | acre of Cymbopogon poly- 

 neurus has been planted. 



Cattle Sheds.— At a meeting of this 

 Committee held in March it was decided 

 to bring up the question of providing 

 more up-to-date accommodation for 

 cattle at the last meeting for this year. 



Manihot dichotoma. 



Method of tapping. 



No. of 

 trees. 



Full herring bone 



do to wood 

 Vertical cut pricked 

 Rt. A spiral 



Full herring bone 



do to wood 

 Rt. \ spiral 

 Vertical cut pricked 



Full herring bone 



do to wood 

 Rt. \ spiral 



Full herring bone to 



wood 5 



Full herring bone knife 

 and pricker 4 



Rt. \ spiral 6 



5 

 6 

 6 

 6 



5 

 6 

 6 

 6 



4 

 6 

 6 



No. of 

 tap- 

 pings. 



"Weight 

 of bis- 

 cuits, 

 grms. 



JULY. 



17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



37-76 

 52-27 



27- 26 



28- 49 



AUGUST. 

 13 13-19 

 13 15-22 

 13 11-79 

 13 1203 

 SEPTEMBER. 

 13 

 13 

 13 



OCTOBER. 

 13 



13 

 13 



Weight 

 of scrap, 

 grms. 



35-84 

 47-12 

 45-92 

 35-46 



Total. Average. 



73-60 

 99-39 

 73-18 

 62-95 



25-17 

 40-35 

 35-06 



47-70 



32-00 

 60-40 



14-72 

 16-56 

 1219 

 10-45 



