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TAPPING PARA RUBBER, 
' Inch Kenneth Estate, 
K a JANG, 
Selangor , 28 th June , f()02. 
Dear Sir, 
1 enclose some notes on 1 apping Para Rubber which may be 
of interest. 
The trees tapped were just 6 years old. 1 was not very success- 
ful in turning out a first class sample as l tried te dry the rubber 
in too thick pieces and consequently it retained a certain amount 
of moisture. 1 have since seen the process of drying in thin bis- 
cuits which appears better in every way. 
Yours faithfully, 
R. C, N. KINDERSLEY. 
H. N. Ridley, Esq., 
Editor, 
The Agricultural Bulletin , 
Singapore. 
P. S.— I fancy with a proper tapping instrument that better re- 
sults would be obtained. My trees were operated on with an 
ordinary pocket knife. 
Tapping of 5 trees on Inch-Kenneth Estate, Selangor, Januaiy, 
1902 : 
Age — 6 years. 
Seed — Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 
Girth — About 3 feet. 
Tapping — 15 consecutive days. 
Time — From 6 a. m. to about 9 * 3 ° a - nl - 
Result — Solid rubber - - - lbs. 5.00 
Scrap rubber - - „ o. 10 
Total - lbs. 5.10 
Average per tree — 1 lb. 2 ozs. 
The trees were tapped on the herring bone system. The side 
cuts being widened daily. Notwithstanding the cutting having 
been done roughly the trees look none the worse. 
RAMIE. 
J ugh a Estate, 
Selangor, 'June gth, ryoz. 
Dear Sir, 
I have just received Agricultural Bulletin for May and am 
very interested on the Ramei notes contained therein. 
I have tried the Farm and other processes. I studied the Farm 
under the inventor at Limagu and now have one of his machines 
here I have never found that I could get a regular market for 
any variety of the produce but I never quite despair ot what Mr. 
Curtis describes as the " King of Fibres. 
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