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OCTOBEE, 1908. 
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Agricultural Bulletin 
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STRAITS 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY - 
H. N. EIDLKY, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.8., F.R.H.S.. 
Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 
% AND 
i ; : . J. B, CARRUTHERS, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 
£ Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F.M.S, 
Cc&S? & j * ' J r '- ' ' * - »' 
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CONTENTS. 
Improvements of Fruits in Malaya 
The Improvement of the Dairy Cow in the Malay Peninsula 
Some Diseaae^of Rubber Plants 
Notes on some Piscicitiea 
Ramie Fibre 
The Chinese Method of Kotation of Crops and Reclamation of 
Lalang Laud ... ... ••• , • 
Fifth Joint Annual Agri-Hortieultural Show of the Malay Penin- 
sula, Held at Kuala Luropor 10th, 11th, and 12th, August, 1908. 
Personal ... . ... ... -» 
Growth of Gutta Percha. ... ... 
Emergency Meeting of the. Planters’ Association of Malaya 
Singapore Market Report ... .. H5t ,»V’ 
Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports 
. Exports Telegrams to Europe and America ... ... . . . 
John Haddou & Co’s. Special Produce Letter ~ ; 
. Ceylon, Straits and Malay States Rubber Reports 
Weather "Reports ... ... ... 
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... Singapore : 
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