No. 9 ] 
SEPTEMBER, 1910. 
Vol. IX. 
Agricultural Bulletin 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a.. f.r.s., f.l.s., f.e.h.s. 
Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S, 
Estate Sanitation 
Instructions to Managers and Assistants on Rubber Estates 
Rubber Fungi 
The Pine-Apple as a Catch Crop in Rubber Cultivation 
Rubber Cultivation in Cochin-China 
Rubber in Java 
Rubber Notes 
Synthetic Rubber 
Toxins 
Rubber Trees and Green Manuring 
Correspondence 
Coconut Cultivation in the F. M, S. 
Personal 
Minutes of Planters’ Association of Malaya 
Singapore Market Reports 
Export Telegrams 
Weather Reports 
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