438 
In December, a large quantity of seed was received 
from Japan and it is hoped to have a further supply of 
plants available for distribution this year. 
Tapioca (Man that utilissima ), — The manurial experi- 
ments with tapioca, initiated in June, 1907, were completed 
during the year with the following resuts : 
I. — Manured When Plants had Commenced to Grow 
Freely. 
Plots 
Planted 
Manur- 
ed 
Manure 
applied 
Dist- 
ance 
[between 
plants 
Weight 
of 
green 
tops 
Weight 
of stem? 
Weight 
of roots 
No. of Koots 
! fail- P er 
ures , acre 4 
(say) 
-■ V 
Feet- 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Tons. 
A 
17-6-0715-7-07 
N. 
5 X 2^ 
503 
833 
1,381 
Nil 74 
B 
17-6-07 
15-7-07 
N.P. 
5X2^ 
663 
1,155 
1,511 
„ | 84 
C 
17-6-07 
i 
Control 
5X24 
731 
928 
1,413 
„ | 74 
D 
18-6-07 
15-7-071 N.P.K. 
5X24 
450 
664 
1,142 
„ 1 64 
11, 
— Manured 14 Days Before Putting 
in Cuttings. 
G 
22-7-07! 
Control 
5X24 
462 
1,309 
2,947 
20 1 94 
H 
22-7-07| 
8-7-07 
N. 
5 x 24! 
494 
1,134 1 
1,657 
35 | 74 
J 
22-7-07 
8-7-07 
N.P. 
5 x 24 
403 
1,092 I 
1,281 i 
60 54 
K 
22-7-07 
8-7-07! N.P.K. 
5 x 24! 
524 
689 1 
919 
85 j 44 
I 
J LAN TING EXPERIMENTS. 
E b 
L8-6-07I 
... ( 
Control (2|X2i; 
524 I 
749 1 
1,049 
Nil | 54 
F 18-6-071 
... 
5 X 5 
488 1 
521 j 
1,145 
•> 64 
Manured 14 Days Before Putting in Cuttings. 
L 29-7-0712-7-07| N.P.K. ,24x24 647 J 2,456 j 2,284 1 Nil 1 104 
M 129-7-07 12-7-07 ,, i5 X5 ' Destroyed by Monkeys. 
) 1 ' ' ( ■ I I II 
The manure used, with the rate of application per acre, 
were as follows: 
No. 1, marked N., 80 lbs. of sulphate of ammonia, con- 
taining about 20 per cent, nitrogen. 
No. 2, marked N. P., 80 lbs. of sulphate of ammonia, 
100 pounds concentrated superphosphate, con- 
taining about 40 per cent, phosphotic acid P 2 . 
