15 
•^The^re^^under'^^Ma^lliIb^r (Hotm ^r^^^^^^g^^e^on^iderable^o 6 
estimated at 11,255, but the area availa e 01 PP » uhntation rubber for the year 1918-19 was 
portion of trees planted in recent years. , ie J ' 1 ioo SS6 lbs over the previous year, and an 
253,063 lb,, valued-t M obtain districts. 
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the soil as superior to that of the Federated Malay States the oonnguta oultivat i on . were 
ideal, and the risk front disease as small, owmg o the tact^hat l on altemate days will 
SS'tht wllfS Re quite i. quickly as to Sumatra. 
Cotton. —‘ ‘ Cotton is the principal product ofProtectorate, ^.s gmwnjdmost en tte y ^y 
3$£ ov^rptceht g waa o“"aTtt lint^e^entage by one ginning firm in the Eastern 
1’rovinM. cultivation during the present seasott is ^j'^^^iXTabou tM 
acres in excess of last year. The crop for last season ™ SrtHMW) bales is 
bales more than in the previous season. For the current season a cioi 
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the suitability of different localities. wheat and also with sugar and 
Miscellaneous Crops “ Much more can e cmie ^ ovirM e t and they will repay attention, 
tobacco and tea. The prospects of all ie*u ‘.^phiion large areas are suitable for maize, beans, 
^ miS d =: g£ta£ a e nd oLr ml seeds, all 
onot-nulus 1 increase'of theme unde? cXation. The reclamation of the swamps would provide 
large ^ToXtouId 0r be r ‘mX d to U ?rvive the export of chillies, which in 1910-11 exceeded £20,000 
“ "iZt.-" We recommend the introduction of more suitable fruit trees, such as peaches, Japanese 
plums, mangoes, mangosteens and litchis. Tt w nossible that the enormous 
xr^y™ ^ ^ tabiy utiiised for this 
PUrP Sflfc.—“ Before the War- a ‘^bZbfrl 
have already dealt with the question ol advisers on nee ded’ For instance, a plant-breeding 
^.rjXrXloXf t ~ h eoS XXfiut on the existing Government 
VlSat QovZ m ent Plantations Until more .officers are ' « SXtata 
benefit from these plantations, /^^/^^clion rf the best seed. Pamphlets should be issued 
in the cultivation of fresh products and m th. . 0X1)er iments with details regarding the cost of 
from time to time containing the results , as to the most suitable localities for each 
production as compared with other countries, , Practical demonstrations of the eultiva- 
product, and the best methods of prei^rmg it foi exp^t^^ 1 ^ centres . No experiment 
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“ Buis tin. “ «£ 
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thoroughly investigated. iTip training of natives in agricul- 
Agricultural Farms for Natives. a ^ ™ small agricultural farms were established 
hire. We suggest that it might be useM rf one ° r XXds 5 cultivation. Agricultural shows 
for the purpose of demonstrating to the native i ™F 
Bugoma forest, the Kibale forest, and the leio forest. A , 
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