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Catch crops under rubber are being abandoned generally. 
The result is an enormous diminution in the output of tapioca. 
The area under this crop has dropped from 16,643 acres in 1912 
to 7,353 acres in 1913. 
Along with the decrease of tapioca, there has been a corre¬ 
spondingly large diminution in pig raising. It was, and still is, 
the custom for squatters to rear pigs under the Chinese-owned 
coconut palms fattening them on the ampas or refuse of 
tapioca manufacture. In past years the pigs so raised met the 
whole demand of Malacca and were sent to the Federated Malay 
States in large numbers. Now, however, the export has almost 
ceased; and to fatten the supply for local demand an import of 
the refuse is required. 
The rice harvest was fair in Province Wellesley, and bad in 
Penang and Malacca. In Malacca, not only was the season 
unfavourable to the growing crops, but there was a smaller area 
than usual under cultivation owing to the attractions offered by 
fairly high pay and moderately easy work upon the rubber 
estates. 
Coconut estates in Singapore have largely failed to attain 
their estimates. In some cases this has been due to inflated 
expectations and a want of knowledge of the nature and yielding 
power of the trees on the estate, and in others to want of 
attention to the trees. This has especially been the case where 
there have been joint interests in rubber and coconuts. 
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Some large estates in the Bindings are, however, said to be 
doing well. 
Coconut pests were troublesome in Singapore. There was an 
increase of the Palm weevil in the centre of the island, and a serious 
outbreak of the moth Brachartona catoxantha in the east of the 
island, which will affect the crop of nuts in 1914. 
The cultivation of gambler is rapidly decreasing, and indigo 
cultivation has practically disappeared. 
The plague of locusts which has been afflicting the 
Federated Malay States appeared in Malacca during the year. 
Its presence is as yet confined to the vicinity of the Negri 
Sembilan boundary. 
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