As. regards the original estate, certain scattered patches of rubber, totalling 58 acres, that were planted in heavy waterlogged clay or other very inferior soil, and would never have been of any use as producers, were converted into firewood "reserve. This does not mean to say that the rubber trees were cut out and other trees Planted, but simply that we have written' off this area as useless and the trees will now be used, as and when required, for firewood, of Which there isa great scarcity on the estate.
Thinning on: was conti ted in the old gardens during the year in accordance with the records of yield from individual trees and, specially selected supplies, are being planted in any vacancies where there is a chance of a tree grow-to maturity.
The coffee crop daring the year amounted w 250 piculs, but this is the last harvest that we shall receive as all the bushes have now been removed from the gardens since the shade from the Hevea is now too dense to allow the coffee berries to ripen, and furthermore, the rubber trees are in need of the extra light and air that will be available by their removal
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