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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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