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Moreover, any estate provided with machinery can 
attach kapok cleaning machinery to their shaft, as 
the horsepower required is small. The great ad- 
vantage of kapok cultivation is that the land, in 
addition to bearing mature kapok trees, can, by 
reason of the little shade thrown by such trees, 
be utilized for a wide range of additional crops. 
In Java, vanila, coffee, cacao are frequently grown 
in this way. In Perak, limes are frequently so 
grown with success. The possibility of establishing 
a rotation of fibre crops under kapok is worthy of 
consideration. The more fibre crops that can be 
grown in conjunction with kapok the better, as^ the 
balers are more constantly used. 
The quality of fibre from Malayan trees compares 
very favourably with that produced by Sumatra, 
and it is probable that with better local methods 
of cultivation and the introduction of machinery, 
this country could produce kapok equal to that of 
Java. 
The Department of Agriculture have extended their 
enquiry on the cultivation of kapok, machinery, 
marketing, supply and demand, prices etc., and are 
in a position to give those interested more detailed 
information than is possible in this place. 
* COTTON. 
Cotton of long-staple grades is not likely to be 
over produced in the sub-tropical and tropical 
countries of the world. Moreover, strenuous efforts, 
with large financial backing, are' now being made 
by the recent^ formed Empire Cotton Growing 
Corporation to extend the culture of cotton in 
British Colonies and Protectorates, in order that 
