AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITiS 
AND 
FEDER A T E D M A L A Y STATES, 
No. io.] OCTOBER, 1904. [Yol. III. 
MANURING RUBBER, 
Plate. 
We give this month a photograph showing the effects of various 
manures on young plants of Para rubber, Hevea brazilmisis . The 
first line from the right is manured with burnt earth; the next by 
which the cooly is standing, is manured with cow-dung; the next 
one a mixture of cow-dung and burnt earth, the others poudrette 
and lime respectively. There is no question as the photograph 
shows that manuring by cow-dung is by far the best, and that burnt 
earth and leaves comes next. Lime seems absolutely injurious. 
These experiments were made first in pots before being made in 
beds and exactly the same result obtained. 
Cow-dung is usually too expensive to use on estates 011 any large 
scale, but a little might well be used on the nursery beds, to stimu- 
late more rapid growth. Experiments are now being tried to dis- 
cover whether full grown trees give more latex when manured with 
cow-dung, but these will take a considerable time . — Editor 
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FIBRE PLANTS. 
( Continued ). 
Pandanus . — There are a number of different species of Pandans 
wild in the Malay Peninsula, the leaves of which as is well known 
are in request for ataps, mats, bags, hats, kajangs, etc. Almost 
any of the large leaved kinds can be used for thatching ataps, mats, 
etc., but the one chiefly used for these purposes is Pandanus fasa- 
cularis , a common sea-shore plant also cultivated often in villages'. 
For the kajangs (ox cart covers) and hats the very large leaves of 
Pandanus atrocarpus is used. 
Lately Mr. Sciurmer whose fibre exhibit at the recent Agri- 
cultural Exhibition attracted so much attention, experimented with 
the Hogan Machine on the leaves of Pandans, It did not seen* 
