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of seed, mixed with 10 lbs. of fine sand, to facilitate ease 
of spreading, is sown broadcast per acre, on a well prepared 
surface. The plant reaches maturity when about three months 
old. The weight of unhusked seed worked out at 650 lbs. per acre 
per crop. It must be noted,, however, that this yield was obtained 
as a sole crop, on good land. About one per cent, of oil is obtained 
from the seed. The present price of the oil is 12s. 3d. per lb. 
Chenopodium may be gx'own as a catch-crop as it is not affected by 
partial shade. 
Cinchona. 
About twenty acres of quinine, Cinchona succirubra and C. 
Ledgeriana were planted in March, 1914, on Gunong Angsi, Negri 
Sembilan, at an elevation of 1,500 feet. The plants are very fine 
healthy specimens and have shown excellent growth. Judging by 
the present condition of the clearing there seems every prospect that 
this valuable drug can be successfully grown on the hills in Malaya. 
Croton Oil ( Croton Tigliwm.) 
The nuts, obtained from this small tree, yield a medicinal oil 
which may be administered as a violent purgative. No special care 
is required in its cultivation. A small crop was harvested, here, 
when the plants were one year old and there seems every prospect 
of satisfactory yields being obtained when the plants are more 
mature. This crop grows on the very poorest of soils ; it thrives 
remarkably well on light laterite and many waste lands could be 
profitably used in its cultivation. 
There are many spices, drugs, oils, scent-producing plants, etc., 
which are receiving experimental notice but it is not possible to deal 
with them in this paper. I would like it to be understood, however, 
that a number of crops, other than those mentioned have shown some 
pVomi.se and that the Department of Agriculture is only too pleased 
to supply information regarding them and assist in any way possible 
to further the cultivation of new products. 
Discussion. 
The Chairman (Mr. L. Lewton-Brain) said he thought he might 
mention that recently the Penang Chamber of Commerce Committee 
had passed a resolution asking the Government to consider the 
question of establishing experimental farms throughout Malaya. 
This resolution had been sent by the Colonial Secretary to the Chief 
Secretary, who had submitted it to him (Director of Agriculture) 
and he proposed to bring it forward at the next meeting of the 
Advisory Committee of the Agricultural Department. He had been 
instructed to bring the matter up for discussion at that Conference. 
The matter fitted in well with what they had just heard, and he 
might take the opportunity to mention what the Federated Malay 
States Government had been, doing in the matter. 
