Miscellaneous Crops 
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T HE crops here described include some which 
have been cultivated previously in Malaya 
on a somewhat extensive scale, while others 
are either only in the experimental stage or have 
been, shown to be somewhat unsuited to local con- 
ditions. 
As regards those which were formerly cultivated 
successfully, such as sugar-cane, coffee, tapioca and 
gambier, they have been gradually superseded 
through the introduction of rubber (Hevea), which 
gave at the time much higher returns on the capital 
invested. 
The vast increase in the demand for rubber, and 
the fact that the conditions in this country were 
particularly suited to its cultivation, resulted in this 
crop being planted on an enormous scale, during 
which period many old and established crops were 
eventually replaced. 
The cultivation of those crops which are only carried 
-out on a small or experimental scale, such as 
cinchona, tea and tobacco, is never likely under 
present conditions to become extended, owing to 
competition with other countries, in which these 
constitute their main crops. 
