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VOL. XXIII OCTOBER, 1935, No. 10 THE MALAYAN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE S.S. & F.M.S. KUALA LUMPUR. PRICE 50 cents. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries ✓ Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, S.S. & F.M.S. ORGANIZATION. Director of Agriculture, Straits Settlements, and Adviser on Agriculture, Malay States The Hon'ble Dr. H. A. Tempany, C.B.E., D.Sc., F.I.G., F.C.S. (On leave). F. W. South, M.A. (Acting). Personal Assistant to the Director and Adviser IT. D. Meads. Office Assistant:—Moung Choo Yah. RESEARCH BRANCH. FIELD BRANCH. Chief Research Officer :— Chief Field Officer :— W. N. C. Belgrave, B.A., Cam, Dip. Agr. _ F. W. South, M.A. State Agricultural Officer :— Perak—F. R. Agr. (I) Agriculture. Mason, Dip. (H.A.A.C.). griculturist:— Agricultural Officers :— B. Bunting, N.D.A., F.L.S. Krian—C. H. Burgess, B. Sc. Perak Central—A. de K. Frampton, Senior Assistant Agriculturist:— Dip. Agr. (Seale ITayne.). J. N. Milsum, F.L.S. (On leave). Perak South—H. K. Ashby, B.A., Cam. T. D. Marsh, N.D.A. (Acting). Dip. Agr. State Agricultural Officer :— Assistant Agriculturists:— Selangor—J. A. Baker, B. Sc. A.R.C.S. State J. Lambourne. Agricultural Officer :— j. L. Greig, B.Sc., B.Sc. (Agr.) Negri Sembilan—J. W. Jolly, Dip. Agr. (ITawkesbury). State (II) Chemistry. Agricultural Officer :— Pahang—H. J. Simpson, B.Sc. (Agr.), Agricultural Chemist:— Dip. Agr. (Wye). B. J. Eaton, O.B.E., F.I.C., F.C.S., F.l.R.I. Malay Agricultural Officer :— Pahang East—Raja bin to the R.R.I, of Mahmud Raja (Seconded Malaya). Ali. Acting Agricultural Chemist:— Agricultural Officer :— Province Wcllesley & Penang— C. D. V. Georgi, O.B.E., B.Sc,, F.I.C. W. G. Higgins, C.D.A. .(Edin.), Assistant Chemist:— (Acting). Malacca—R. G. T. A. Heath, B. Sc. (Agr.), Buckley, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. A.I.C.T.A. Assistant Analyst:— Sing a p or e—G. D. P. Olds, B.Sc., A.I.C.T.A. Gtinn Lay Teik, B.A. Agricultural Officer, Cameron Highlands :— (Ill) Copra Investigations. Raja Mohamed bin Raja Aman. State Agricultural Officer :— Officer-in-Charge :— Johore—A. E. Coleman-Doscas, Dip. Agr. F. C. Cooke, A.R.C.S., B.Sc., A.M.I.Chem.E. (W.A.) Agricultural Officer :—- (IV) Entomology. Johore Central—J. Fairweather, N.D.A., U.D.A. Entomologist: — Johore North—J. Cook, B.Sc. G. H. Corbett, B.Sc., F.R.E.S., Principal Agricultural Officer :— Rice Research Entomologist:— Kelantan—J. A. Craig., N.D.A., C.D.A., H. T. A.I.C.T.A. Pagden, M.A. _ Assistant Principal Agricultural Officer, Kedah :■— Entomologist:— H. H. Tunku Yacob bin Sultan Abdul N. E. C. Miller, F.R.E.S., F.Z.S. (On leave). Hamid, B.A. (Camb.) Agricultural Officer—N. IT. Sands, Dip. (V) Mycology. Agr. (Wye.) (Temporary). Mycologist:— On Leave :—■ E. A. Curtler. A. Thompson, B.Sc. F. Birkenshaw. Assistant Mycologist:— C. L. Newman. R. A. Altson, B.Sc., A.R.C.S. ECONOMICS & PUBLICATION BRANCH. (VI) Soils and Plant Physiology. Agricultural Economist & Editor :— D. H. Grist, Cam. Dip. Agr. (a.) Soils Chemist:— Assistant to Statistician :— J. IT. Dennett, B.Sc. H. L. Barnett. Rice Research Chemist:— AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BRANCH. R. G. H. Wilshaw, B.A., B.Sc., A.I.C.T.A. Vice-Principal, School of Agriculture, Malay Research Officer:— Malaya :— G. E. Mann, M.C., M.A. Haji Abdul Wahid bin H. Jaffar. Senior Lecturer:— (b.) Assistant Botanist:— V. Dawson, B.Sc., (McGill). (On leave). R. B. Jagoe, B.Sc. Assistant Lecturer :— Choo Kok Leong, B.A. (Agr.) Oxon. Rice Research KBotanist:— Junior Lecturer:— B. A. Lowe, SkA^ Cam. Dip. Agr. Mohd. Noor bin Hamzah. THE Malayan Agricultural Journal. Edited by the Agricultural Economist and Editor with the assistance of The Publicity Committee. Vol. XXIII OCTOBER, 1935 No. 10. Page. Editorial ... 461 ORIGINAL ARTICLES. The Malayan Rubber Industry in 1934. By H. A. Tempany, c.b.e., d.Sc., f.i.c., f.c.s. ... 463 Malayan Pineapple-Canning Industry. By G. D. P. Olds, b.sc., (Agric.), a.i.c.t.a. ... 471 Derris (Tuba Root) ... ^477 Chemical Composition of certain Fodder Plants from Cameron Highlands. By C. D. V. Georgi, o.b.e., b.sc., f.i.c. ... 483 MISCELLANEOUS. Small-Holders' Advisory Service ... 486 Vegetative Propagation of Coffee ... 488 REVIEWS The Pineapple ... 493 Rubber Research Institute, Annual Report ... 495 Rubber Statistics Handbook 1935 ... 496 DEPARTMENTAL. From the Districts ... 497 Departmental Notes ... 501 STATISTICAL. Market Prices, September 1935 ... 502 General Rice Summary, August 1935 ... 506 Malayan Agricultural Exports, August 1935 ... 508 Malayan of Palm and Production Oil Kernels, August 1935 ... 508 of out of Area Rubber Tapping, August 1935 ... 509 Malayan Rubber Statistics, August 1935 ... 510 Meteorological Summary, August 1935 ... 511 Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries COMMITTEES OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The Hon'ble the Director of Agriculture, S.S. and Adviser, M.S. (Chairman). The Director, Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. The Acting Director of Co-operation, F.M.S. and S.S. The Principal, Sultan Idris Training College. Raja Kamaralzaman Raja Kechil Bongsu—Perak. The Hon'ble Dato Sedia, Raja Abdullah, c.b.e., m.f.c. Undang of Rembau. Mr. Choo Kia Peng, c.b.e., j.p. Mr. J. Melville, Mr. W. A. Stanton. Mr. G. S. Reis, b.Sc (Agric.) Mr. G. E. Teale, The Hon'ble Raja Uda, m.f.c. Mr. Goh Hock Huat, j.p. Mr. H. D. Meads (Secretary). ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, MALAYA. The Hon'ble the Director of Agriculture, S.S. and Adviser, M.S. (Chairman). The Acting Director of Co-operation, F.M.S. and S.S. The Director, Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. The Chief Inspector of English Schools, S.S. and F.M.S. The Hon'ble Dato Sedia, Raja Abdullah, c.b.e., m.f.c. Undang of Rembau. The Hon'ble Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, m.f.c. The Hon'ble Mr. S. Veerasamy, m.f.c. Mr. W. A. Stanton, The Vice-Principal of the School (Secretary). AGRICULTURAL PESTS SUPERVISING COMMITTEE. Under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 166 (Agricultural Pests). The Hon'ble the Director of Agriculture and Adviser (Chairman). The Assistant to the Attorney General, S.S. The Director of Gardens, S.S. The Hon'ble Mr. H. E. Nixon, m.l.c. The Hon'ble Mr, J. Robertson, m.l.c. THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. The Hon'ble the Director of Agriculture and Adviser (Chairman). The Director, Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. The Chief Field Officer. The Chief Research Officer. The Agricultural Economist and Editor (Secretary). INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PROPAGANDA AND MARKETING COMMITTEE. The Acting Director of Co-operation (Chairman). The Hon'ble the Director of Agriculture and Adviser. The Director, Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. The Director of Veterinary Research and Veterinary Adviser. The Assistant Director of Co-operation, South. The Assistant Director of Co-operation, North. The Chief Field Officer. The Agricultural Economist. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries THE Malayan Agricultural journal. OCTOBER, 1935. EDITORIAL. From the proprietor's and shareholder's point of view, The Malayan ^ probably the most important feature in the Malayan u er n ustry. rubber industry in 1934 was the partial recovery of the price of the commodity which resulted from the introduction of the International Scheme of Rubber Regulation. But more important than the early dis¬ tribution of dividends is the fact that the recovery has placed in producers' hands funds to effect improvements on estates which may result in lowering future costs of production. In this number we publish a review of the industry in 1934 written by the Adviser on Agriculture, and also draw attention to the annual report of the Director of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, to the revised statistical publication on the Malayan rubber industry, and to a small-holders' advisory service which has recently been inaugurated. A study of these public¬ ations should convince the reader that the planter, his technical advisers, and the manufacturers of machinery for the preparation or rubber, have made good use of better market conditions by the improving of the areas planted with this crop which will, in the future, tend towards increasing the yield per acre and consequently reducing production costs. During the period immediately preceding the introduction of rubber regulation., costs of production were perforce reduced by drastic cuts in wages and upkeep of estates. The effect was to lower efficiency and to jeopardize the future productivity of these areas. Such cuts were essential to meet the crisis but their continuance over an extended period might have proved a disaster of first magnitude- Fortunately, the increased funds made available by the improved market have been used in many cases to put in hand the postponed cultural and other routine work on estates, and in the introduction of improvements. Increased attention is given to manuring and re-planting, and to the introduction of improved machinery for the preparation of rubber. We believe that such developments as these and the large areas of budded trees and of trees obtained from seed of proved clones will greatly influence future costs of production. Whereas during the slump, costs were reduced by means which were detrimental to the value of the property, in the 461 Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 462 future, economies of production will be effected as a result of the application of more scientific methods of production.