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Toerangie Estate.
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PROPERTY VISITED BY MESSES. DENISON AND WILKINSON.
We have been con tennsly favoured with permission to publish the inillowing impressions gabeled by Mr. A. Denison and Mr. CD Wilkinson of the Tourable state in Sumatra after visiting other Estates in the P. M.-S. and
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with young rabber itens would be very injurious to the latter, Mr. Pinckney, however, being thoroughly well acquainted with the nature of the soll jp Sumaire, was desirous that, before we formed any deficits opleion as regards the cultivation of the Toeringle existe, we should ses otber plantations in Sumatra. He therefore anged for us to visit a large estate at Tubing Tinggi and another ni Tarjong Kand. There
preceeded on the arth June.
Prior to visiting those estates we visi cd Gelato acquired by Mr. Pinckney himself at Soongoi Rampah. Some yo of 830 acres of bis estate bad, bees completely cleared of Joogle and plasted up with rubber trees. The plantation appeared to be in excellent order,
a temporary wooden residence for the manager and bis assistant bad, bean erected. Further on, a long row of wooden buildings had basp put up which were occupied principally by the Malay labourers on the estate, and at the bear and there stood a store, which appeared to be well stocked with provisions of all kinds.
We were met by Mr. Thomson, the manager, bo conducted un lato bli temporary residence bore we all partook of an excellent tiffin. A little late on in the day Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Gray, after discosting matters with Mr. Thom- zon, departed, leaving us to vemtin and to in "spect what we could of the estate.
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WHAT IT WILL DO.
A woman buys a sewing machina for will do ; not as an article of furniture,
lues were rooled and practically completed. although the framework alons was up when wa arrived. So also with regaid to the permanent residence of the chlai aavistant, Where, when we arrived, there was bare ground; when w left, the whole framw, rk of the house has been erected. And in two hours of the morning warries a watch to tell him the timer left Chinesa labourers, who had arrived galy investment of surplus capital. Ta0 SAMU the day efore, and turned over a considerable principle when one is ill. We want the med. ponion if the cleared ground to which Iticine or the treatment which will relièvo and cure. The friend in need must be a friend intended to plant rubber treat,
The estate is bounded on the West by a river Indeed-something, or somebody, with a repulation, with a good record, with a history which we ascertained in navigable all the way that justifies our confidence. There should be from the son to the estate. As already stated, there is a railway from Bolawan (the port no guesswork in treating disease. Feople hävä of Dali) to Kwala, wich is only about the right to know what a medicine is, and what miles to the East of the estate, and the road it will do, before they take it. It must have will, we have been assured by the Dutch for the same diseases, saries of cures that Comptrotter of the district, shortly-be-made proves its merit and Inspires confidence. It equally as good as the Government roads in other parts of Sumas. No difficulty whatever will therefore be experienced in conveying pro duce from the estate.
That same evening, after visiting the near. est nativa Kampong, the inhabitants of which and the trees to be all, strong and healthy were most civil to us: we walked some all that was pid concerning land süstable, for much larger in sizs than trees of a similar age distance along the road which passed through which has baan described as rough and beavy behind it an open record of benali to others
in plantations in the Federated Malay States, the N. W. boundary of the estate. The dis The condition of the estate satisfied us that Mritance to that bundary was far too great for us Pingksey fully understood the correct method to proceed the whole of this way, but we were of planting, and the cultivation of, the rubber able to sen a sufficient distance to canso as to tree, pad ibat we might be safely guided by bit be well satisfied with the paturs of the land, advice is regard, to the opening up of Toe.
rabber plantations, add the method of cultiva ting, rubber treel. It is necessary here to relate in detail our experieces in that country. Suffice it to say that, after visiting several well, kaowa and well-managed ales-otably Pataling (in Selangor) and Jabong (in Perak), and after conversing with the managers of there. estates-who showed themselves roady to gise
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At Tobing Tinggi we found a very large area us all the information they possessed on the covered with young rubber trees, all apparent subject-we arrived at the following concluy in an extremely healthy condition, inter (1) That it is, pecessary for the proper culti-plated with Robusta coffee trees, Inoking equally healthy. The Manager of this planta vation of the rubber tree that the ground upon ties, who accompanied us over a fair portion of which it is grown should be well drained and yet, it, gave it emphatically as his opinion that the well watered, and should bave a considerable soil there was of such a quality that so far from
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Early in the following moralog we drove with Mr Thomson, lu the dog-cari which Mr. Pinckney left us, back along the road past the new conlie lines, turned to the right through the young jungle, for about 4 miles, to the S.E. boundary of the estate. This boundary is marked by a stone placed in a large plain of fateng upon which many years ago tobacco in stated to have been successfully grown.
The rainfall in the district of Touracgie is, understand, vary regular. The rain falling were there. To the East of the estate, some principally in the evaning, as it did when we distance from the river on that side, there is a range of well-wooded hills or mountains, which doubtless assist in attracting the zela clouds, We are fully satisfied that the whole estate is
is because it has such a record that
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depth of soil for the tap root to penetrate verli" the coflè bushes being detrimental to the i son is to clair the whole of this young jungla ƒ and that it would be extremely difficult to dis. Anemia, Nervous and General Debility, Is-'
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(i) Tent the best, land fur growing rubber
naturally.
wore many.
Chronic Bronchitis, Catarrh and Scrofulous Affections. It is of special value in metrous prostration and depraved nutrition, it stimulates the appetite and the digestion, promotes
is bought and used without hesitation or doubt, Its Good Name is the solid basis for the faith the people have in it; and a good name has to besarmed by good deeds. For the purposes practical. It does what you have a right to for which it is commended it is honest, true and expect it to do. It is palatable as honey and. contains all the nutritive and curative properties of Pare Cod Liver Oil, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the The idea of Mr. Pinckney and of Mr. Thom.both well watered, and naturally well drained, Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. In Scrofala, and falang, the clearing of which can ba dons or any nech area of laud better suited than Huenza, Blood Impurities and Wasting Com young rubber, their existence might even prava beneficial. At the oiber etate at Tas easily and rapidly, and to plact there, tobacco, is this estate for the purposes of this Company, plaints, it is to be thoroughly relied uponi. "Dr." trees is thatwhich is undulating and drains itself jong Kased we had the same experience. the coltivation of which they estimate wil Our opinion in this respect was endorsed by. J. L. Carrick says: "'i have had remarkabla This estate we fasad to be exceedingls well | realise a considerable profit. After the crop of ovary poison i: Sumatra acquainted with the success with it in the treatment of Consumptions laid out, with excellent roads ranning through tobacco is taken, the stalks of the plant can be property, with whom we conversed-and thay the various portions of it, over which roads we easily paited up and burat, and it is then pros The title of the Company to the land was were able to proceed is a motor car, The greater portion, il pot the whole; of this estates that the whole of the land so cleared completed just before we left Sumatra. In the had been planted up with both subber and already stated, it has been proved beyond have been much longer delayed; but, owing to Robusta coffee in rows of coffie, t of robber, dos bt that, in that part of Sumatra, rubbere extremely energetic conduce of Mr. Pinck-velous success in medicine." Every dose thoni of coffan nad i of rubber. All the treas
trees will grow perfectly in land from which a appeared to be particularly bozitby---both mob-
crop of tobacco has been taken, and will grow, and to the courtesy of the Datch Comp. effective. "You cannot be disappointed in it".
Iroller, we were sanbled to obwin, and bring Sold by chemists, ter and coffee.
On both these diíatos a practice had been equally well as they would in virgin soll. śway with us, the title deeds which ́adcore us
fact in one place we observed rubber trees in our possession of the estate. made of allowing a certain weed of a red tiot, growing wall amidst tall tobacco plodia ; and it known as thą red ward, to grow freely in be
As regards the planting of rubber on theTHE BRITISH FOREIGN IMPORT & may possibly be considered advantageous in estate it is proposed to sow at stake as many ings, Liverpool, Englied, is prepared to EXPORT COMPANY; Osntral Build- tween the young rubber trees This wied, the
as possible of the seeds after it is found that receive Consigaments of Local Produce on managers siated, extracted vary little nourish plant rubber seedlings amongst the tobacco maat out of the soil, none of its roots being plaots insļend of waiting until the tobacco crop they hava properly gorminated in sood boxes. gas) (EEMS",
bas been obtained.
But as a portion only of the ground can be so planted, the remainder of the seeds will be allowed to grow in the nursery, and as many as possible of the seedlings will be planted ont proper time, be converted into, and planted an when large enough. What are left will, at the
stamps.
(3) That the planting o catch crops of any kind amongst young rubber trees in the Fedets nted Malay States reaily prejudices and ratards the growth of the trees-for that, although the principal root (the tap root) of the rubber tree isote which ptows down vertically into the ground, the roots by means of which the tree maiuly obtains ila nourishment are those which branch out horizontally near the surface,
(4) That, as a rule, rubber trees planted'in ground which has for some time previously been under 'culuvatioɔ do not flourish, in con sequence of the lyc, that much of the goodness of the soil has already been extracted from it.
(5) That a rubber tree improves in growin the more it is tapped-il tapped carefully; and
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eas may be tapped to their own adyan age, at an early age, so long as they are tapped, with such care as not to it jure the trees them aelves by cutting too deeply, and so injuring or exposing, the cambium,
(6) That several rubber plantations already opened up will prove valueless, either, in con sequence of the fact that the trees are planted In low lying and swampy ground, or in con- sequence of the fact that they are planted on very steep hill-sides,
(7), That even some of the present well- paying esates nie not unlikely to hereafter become of litils value owing to the situation
and condition of the laid,"
more than about an inch below the surface, while it prevented the growth of lalaay and other weeds which would be prejud cat to the rubber tices. They were of opinion that the growth of this red weed should be rather co couraged than prevented in young tubb plac |tations
should be planted with rubber trees. AI
This Company in flated mainly as a rubber company, and doubtless the majority of the shareholders have the same is as we our selves criginally bad-bat the one thing to be cansidered is the planting of rubber, anti ibat nothing should be allowed to take place which We left ibasa estates impressed with the idea will prevent the speediest possible production of rubber. But, although we have the greatest that it by no means followed that what was un. suitable for rubber plantations in the Federated faith in the future of rubber (which we firmly bsteve will always be a highly paying market Matay States was also aasaitable for plantable commodity) aller what we have seen and tloos in Sumatra; and, after heating what Mr, baitd in Sumatra, we have an equally strong Pinckooy, and the managers of other plania belef 10. the certainty that the cultivation of tions, ssid on the subject, we came round cam tobacco, there, will reap a high profit more pletely to Mr. Pinckney's views as to the me especially as she quantity of tobacco produced thod of procedure on the Toerangin estate.
will shonly be lessened ja consequence of the In several extiles, we have reason to believe Mr. Pinckney baving made the necessary conversion of tobacco linds loto rubber planta trees have falies or have been plowɗ dować | arrangements for our visit to Toerangle, ma- doubtless owing to the fact that the ground if his hours at f'aya Djambos in the early ions. Moreover, very little time wil be lost if upon which they were planted is too low lying, morning of the 23rd fuse Mr. Pincisey and the home be carried out of planting tobacco, and the tap routs have penetrated into 100 Mr. Wilkinson drove in pas buggy followed and if immediately after the crop is gathered moist soil,
by Mr. Denison and Mr. Gray (visiting, rubber is planted. The result of planting agent) in another. More than a 3rds of tobacco will not only be a profit to the Com the journey lay along excellmat roads mide by paoy earned within a year, but will also be that the Dutch Gaverament, but after passing the land will be well cared for the planting of bear to Kwala (where there is a railway statine rubber, and will is no way be deteriorated. about, 8 miles from Tosrangin) the road be considered is the question of skilled labour for Auvlaer, and most important, matter to be
came very rough and heavy until the river was rescued, on the other side of which lay the the collection of latex from the rubber treak Toerangie estate. Tas river at this part is Wo bave observed in more thad don well-knowe About Go feet brand, and the depth of the ford and thoroughly well managed, rubber plantation at ordinary times about 3 feet No difficulty that double the quantity of lais xcould be pro whatever is apparently experienced in driving daced it sufficiant skilled tab surfor the purpose and which ought to, have been tapped, but were left uniouched because, we were told, there were not enough skilled man employed on the estate to tap them.
With those impressions fixed in our minds we proceeded by steamer from Penang to Bulawan, the port of Dell, arriving at Meden on the aeth June. Mr. W. Percy Pinckney met us at Medao Railway Station, and look us to his residence at Paya “Djambon, a distance of nourly go miles from Medio.
ordinary course of events this completion would
There is apparently no very great différönce between trees growa from seedlings and those grown trom stumps, but it is considered that the former must bi'an Improvamsat upon the fatter, and undoubtedly a tree grown from seed sown at stake is better than any other. It will however be readily understood that it is impassible to sow at stake every tres on a large estate, except with considerable labour and at the expanse of a very great loss of time, and also the loss of a number of trees which would otherwise have grown from seed germinated in the nursery. Seed sowa at stake requires at absolutely regular rainfall, or regular watering by menus of manual labour,
With regard to the proposed scheme of plast ing tobacco on certain portions of the estate prior to (or in conjunction with) the planting thereon of rubber, it has haɛn suggested that
paid the plantessio Sumatra. there have been times when tobacco has not
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At Paya Ujambon we inspected a consider able area of the United Langkat Company's plantation, part of which is planted up with Para rubber track alano, on old tobacco land; and the greater part with job_cco, The whole bullock carts across, and no difficulty was found were obtainable, Manytrees was aw which could. |.(though in many ins¡xacos,the_mativas ara al- | CURIOS, PORCELAIN, JADESTONE
of the Paya Djambis citate was originally under the management of Mr. Linckney who, bimself, superintended the planting of the rubber tees. The estate having, however, been acquired by the United Langkat Company, and that Company having decided to place the management of their rubber plantations, boid at Paya Ujambos and at an older estate, (some 7 miles distaut) in she bands of ope manager, Mr, Gordon, leaving sheir tobices plastanous to be separately managed, Mr. Plockney ceased to bays con- |trol of the Paya Dj súbor rubber estate.
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in getting dalely, and easily across.
On the other side of the ziver the road im proved, and we then drove along it, notering almost immediately that part of the Toerangie estate which was acquired by Mr. Neill for the purpose of ming there a rubber plantation, A Dortery, iubber trees had been sown by Mr. Neal a few years ago by the side of the toad along which we drove, and further as a fair number of young trees had also been planted by him, but all there had evidently been utterly neglected from the time when they were first planted, with the result that lalang bad grows thickly all over the ground, and had choked the growth of the trees, "Never. theless the trees in the numery had grown to a very fair thickpeas, and slood pressing against pach other'in a thick clump
Unquestionably be ground there, we thought, was well suitable for tubber.".
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The fact, however, may not be generally koown that tobacco can only be planted on the same land in Samaira once in nine yoats-aller a crop has been gathered in, the land is always allowed to lie fallow for a period of 8 years
towed to uss the land for the first of these 3 yours in cultivating their paddy),
This being so it will easily be seen that, in order to make a meagre 5 por ́cent out of to- Ao estate may consist of 8,000 acres of traobacco load, a full 45 per cent must be made.in
order to cover the 9 yêære period, all in bearing, but if there are only skilled men enough to fap 1,300 acres the remaining 7,000 are useless for the time being.
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In the case of Tournagis the preparation of | land for, and the growing upon II, of, tobacco What is proposed to be dass with regard to || (which in 3 months from the time of its planting the Toeringis state is to plant up as soon as arrives at maturity) serves to clean the land per possible-thai is to say a Navember Dextfectly for the planting in it, immediataly some 700 or 850 acres with rubber trees. Su 2000 afterwards, of rubber. There will be no lying as those come into bearing a number of persons fallow of the land for any period of time at all, will be taught the sight method of lapping, and whatever is earned-be it 10 or 100 percent. on the cost of its cultivation, and the prepara- They will teach others, had when another 1,000 acros (previously planted with tobacco) come
tion &c. of the land-will be the actual income into beating there will be enough skilled par for that year, and not a sum to be divided over
nine years.
sons to tap the whole 3,000 acres.
in the 700 acres which it is proposato plant with rubber trean...this year, it is also proposed: to plant Robusta coffos trees. These it in believed will be in fall bearing within a yeare (a very large crop being obtainable in the 3rd year), and will realias a considerable profit thereafter, until it is necessary to uproot them in consequence of the growth of the rubbar, 'traen aḍjoicing, resulting in their shatting out the light required by the caffes trees.
We were greatlymp.essed with the size and appearance of the rubber trees planted by Mr. Pinckney, which were undoubtedly vastly superior to those of a similar age to well kept plantations in the Federated Malaý Statos.
Particularly were we impressed with the juperiority in size and general appearance of such of the trees as had grown from seed sown Afterproceeding for about half a mile, almost in the ground-known as sced "aowa at parallel to the river, our road-turned to the stake." We was further greatly impressed, right up a fairly seep bill, the top of which is with the appsront extraaidinary richness of the perhaps 143 feet above the river. On reaching soil, and with the, size and strength of the this we observed an enormous plateau, gently tobacco plants in the fields immediately ad- undulating, and mostly covered with virgia joialog the rubber plantation. Mr. Pinckney jagle although a large portion quar to us was assured as that the soil of the Toerangie land || principally covered with láting, and was was at least equally as good.,
evidently part of an old tobacco estale, Oa another day we visited the older zubber Aller driving on about half a mile, further plantation of the Ualled Langkat Company, we reached a well defipod boundary lins, divid. ; sbrub.... Uslikethe Liberis coffee tree, which the manager of that plantation accompanying ing our estate from that acquired by Mr. Neill, grows to a height of 20 or 30 feat before boaring, un. There we were astonished to find a great Then wo saw, a littla distance before us, the it seldom exceeds 3 fear in height before it
A Kobania coffee tree, or rather bush, is (as is name would seem to imply) a very burdy
CUPBOARDS, &C. appbar of trees which had never been tapped, ferme work of wooden baildings in coures of comes into flower and boxing, (although, if
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but which were of 'such a xins that they could construction, and we came up to a young allowed to do so, it, will continue to grow to M well have been tapped, at any rale a your ago. Dutchman who had been employed by Mr, considerable height) and is much outpaced in Soms of the trees we saw there, although un-Pluckany an an assistant’on the estate. The growth by a rubber tree which¡as already stated, der 5 years old, measured from 26 to 30 lochas road, upon which we then ware, contioned is in no way prejudicially affected by the more PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION, circumferance 3 feet from the ground, straight ahead through young Jungle which fact of Robusin trees growing in its vicinity. These measurements we ourselves took, covered land previously, forming part of a to- The possibility most, however, not be lost sight The plantation on the whole appeared to babacco estate. The road also had a turning to of that the Robarts coffee trees may get affect exceedingly well kept; and to be in a far more tha right, past the baildings in course of arec». | að by a disease which would spread to the flourishing condition than any robber plantation which we found were the naw coolla 'lines' rubber trees. But the danger of this seems to tions of older trees which we had yet seen. for our Chinese labourers, Fasslog these, we be very slight, and is considered to be way As already stated, we had formed the drovo, a few hundred yards fortbar, down insignificant by the planters, in Sumatra, A conclusions, whi'e in the Federated Malay short hill, over a bridge across a cient stream, careful watch would nevertheless, be kept by Stater, that the only satisfactory ground to where there ware being rapidly constructed our manager, in the immediate neighbourhood In which to plant rubber was in virgin coll➡ | (on ground which had been cleared of jungle of whose residence the first rubber plantation: ground from which the virgin jangle had been for a considerable space around) nurseries for will be situstad. cleared; and that ground which had previously coffee, and rubber, seedlings. Driving on, wo To return to our experiences on the Tostan. been cultivated, and from which much of the passes through an undesred bált of thick rice già estate wa 'should mention that we were goodgers had therefore been extracted, was un- glo jungle, and then entered a large area of very agreeably surprised at the rapidity with suitable. We had also becoms firmly conving soms yoo acres of land, the jungle on which which the work progressed, while wa ware thorn, bone than 3 dazu after our arrival the..coolis that the ámlag of outch grope of any kind hát hoon falled." Naor the colddle of ikka orga
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