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foUowiDg points vrhich Kre of capiUl impor- 
tftDc@ io tfspioca o^kare: unture of tbe aoi), 
oHmate, alUtnde, raiu«, previous oropa, 
variety groftn. e*c The folloiriug is &n 
example of tapiaca retaru per acre in land 
of inferior qattSity. To make e^plaoations 
-otei^rer, we take ib tLat the acre plot is an 
oblong 320 yda by 22 or 4,S40 iqoare 
yards* TApioca b ^ronn itj aiuall 
trenches tk yard hrond which would 
j>iT4 220 ditches tf 22 ^^rda Iouk '^^ 
the whole ficl i io queation. The diBtuDoa 
btitwrso each tapioca 8 iiuip U 2J ft so b^a^ 
the ditch will grutw 25 plauts or 6,500 
stQtupg per acre. Fr m an eoooomjio.al 
point} of view, laod which has beefi par- 
po^el; cleared up tor tapioca coltarp, should 
wUb advautttfie grow ruhber or ovco treei 
30 feet by 30 f^eb Cftking oire ro lenire a free 
apaoQ of abuui. 3 or 4 in on eltbef sidd of the 
yoQu^ tree, TbtH tiill eu^ure the latter ytith 
foil development, whib the grower will 
gather in 3 or 4 tapioc% crops darmg the 
fitst 3 or 4 years. Accardlug to the 
reasons set fi rth above, the maximam 
number of tapioca plants per acre is 4,000, 
each of wHioh yidd 5 to 8 catties of luber, 
thus makmg 200 pikolj per acre. Ev«ry 
pikul of ifuber roots turns out 15 to 20 catties 
of tapioca which cornea to 30 pikuls 
of tapioca per acre. 
LEOPOLD ES GHASSERIAU. 
^ASS SoifCI ESTATB ^EHtLIHQ, 
KfiDAH, 
December^ 1919, 
