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SEEDS, SHOWING VARIABLE SIZE, SHAPE, AND MARKING 2
FELLING LIGHT (SECONDARY) JUNGLE 3
SEEDLING, SHOWING ROOT-SYSTEM WITH SEED STILL ATTACHED 4
NEW CLEARING 5
TYPICAL YOUNG CLEARING, AGED ABOUT THREE YEARS, PLANTED ON VIRGIN SOIL. ORIGINAL JUNGLE TIMBER SLOWLY ROTTING 6
LIGHT JUNGLE 7
DENSE JUNGLE 8
CLEARING READY FOR PLANTING 9
NEW CLEARING: SLOPES “HOLED” FOR PLANTING; FLAT AREA BEING DRAINED 11
TYPICAL YOUNG CLEARING, WITH TIMBER 15
TYPICAL YOUNG CLEARING, WITH TIMBER 17
TYPICAL YOUNG PLANTED AREA 20
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A RECENTLY PLANTED AREA 21
WIDELY PLANTED YOUNG AREA, JUST READY TO BE BROUGHT INTO TAPPING 24
FIELD OF OLD RUBBER TREES IN WHICH THINNING HAD BEEN DELAYED TOO LONG 25
TWO CUTS ON A QUARTER CIRCUMFERENCE, ON AN OLD TREE 31
THE SINGLE CUT ON A QUARTER CIRCUMFERENCE, ON AN OLD TREE AND ON RENEWED BARK 33
SINGLE CUT ON HALF CIRCUMFERENCE (HALF-SPIRAL) 35
A V-CUT ON HALF THE CIRCUMFERENCE 37
SINGLE CUT ON TWO-FIFTHS OF CIRCUMFERENCE 41
EFFECTS UPON RENEWED BARK OF PREVIOUS TAPPING 44
ANOTHER EXAMPLE SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF PREVIOUS TAPPING 45
1. SHOWING EFFECT OF “WINTERING” 48
2. NEW GROWTH OF YOUNG LEAF ON SAME TREE 49
EFFECTS OF DISEASE—“MOULDY ROT” 50
EFFECTS OF DISEASE—“MOULDY ROT” 51
EFFECTS OF DISEASE—“MOULDY ROT” 52
EFFECTS OF DISEASE—“MOULDY ROT” 53
RAISED VERANDAH FOR RECEPTION OF LATEX; LIKEWISE EQUIPPED WITH FACILITIES FOR CALCULATING INDIVIDUAL DAILY “YIELD PER COOLIE“BY SAMPLING OF LATEX 66
END-SECTION SKETCH OF VERANDAH, ETC., SHOWING A GOOD METHOD FOR RECEIVING LATEX AND FILLING TANK 70
RAISED VERANDAH FOR RECEPTION AND HANDLING OF LATEX 71
ANOTHER SET OF DILUTION TANKS ON RAISED VERANDAH 72
TWO VIEWS OF DILUTION AND MIXING TANKS 81
UNIT MODERN COAGULATING TANK (TWO VIEWS) 91
ANOTHER BATTERY OF TANKS, WITH DILUTION TANKS, RAISED, ON THE RIGHT 92
CLOSER VIEW OF FOREGOING 93
ANOTHER BATTERY OF TANKS, WITHOUT DILUTION TANKS OR MEANS OF GRAVITATING LATEX 95
A SHEETING TANK CONTAINING COAGULUM FOR CREPE PREPARATION 96
A “BATTERY” OF SHEETING TANKS (PATALI

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