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They had Experimental Plantations at Kuala Lumpur and Batu 
Tiga in Selangor, and on Gunong Angsi, in the Negri Semin lan, 
where, apart front rubber, many other crops were being tried, 
including those mentioned in the resolution and many more. At 
Kuala. Kangsar in Perak the Department, had taken over the 
Government Plantation, though they were not doing much with it at 
present apart from the rubber plot. Before they could get at work 
on other experimental plots they required a good deal more of money 
and, also, what was more difficult at present, men for supervision. 
Then they had a plantation in Kuala Pilali for Malay agricul- 
ture. The Kuala Kangsar Plantation was likely to be of very great 
use when they could develop their work on other products. Then, 
in Singapore, the Government of the Straits Settlements had the 
Botanic Gardens. 
All these wei’e very useful, and, indeed, indispensable to show 
what would, and what would not, grow ; what diseases were to be 
looked out for ; the conditions of growth ; and what yields might be 
expected. But, if he might say so, all these were mainly of negative 
usefulness to prevent unnecessary waste of money as on the results 
of such small scale experiments they would he able definitely to 
recommend not to. try this or that. But in the case of those products 
where promising results were achieved they required fuller 
information before recommending them commercially. They wished 
to know, for instance, above all, wliat yields could he secured over a 
given area, and what would be the actual cost of production to 
secure that yield on a commercial scale. These points could only be 
gnessed at from small plots. 
As a matter of fact these matters had been on his mind for some 
considerable time, and once they very nearly achieved definite results. 
In 1914 Colonel Fox, Mr. E. Macfadyen, and he drew up a scheme 
for a large scale experimental farm where* products which had done 
well in a small way might be fried in blocks of 50 acres or 100 acres. 
He felt that such a scheme would give extremely valuable results. 
The scheme was submitted to Government and was approved in 
principle, and even a reserve was set aside for the purpose to 
the extent of about 2,000 acres, he believed. It was, however, 
postponed at the time as it was not possible to carry it further and 
since then it had not been possible to revive it. 
He took it that now that the matter had come up in the form of 
the resolution forwarded to Government they were asked to discuss 
there whether they wanted more small scale experimental plantations 
or one or more of the larger ones. 
Mr. R. W. Munbo said : Those who have read (as most of you 
doubtless have) the last annual report of the Planters’ Association 
of Malaya will have noticed a paragraph submitting that “ a con- 
tinuance of the country’s prosperity must at all times be the main 
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