RUBBER PESTS ROUTED
WAR-TIME DISCOVERY WHICH INCREASES SUPPLY The pests which attack rubber plantations and rob the planter of his crop have been outwitted by the discovery! of a former rubber planter, Mr John E. Barrs. When a rubber tree is tapped for a flow of rubber "milk" the cut in the bark lays the tree open to invasion by germs, much as a cut on the finger may lead to septic trouble. Researches at the Newton Chambers laboratories in England have now demonstrated that, when certain vegetable oils are prepared with a special disinfectant base, they have a stimulating effcct upon the tapped bark. The discovers" has been made in the course of work on the fungicidal and germicidal properties of coal oils. Cuts smeared Avith the ncAV com pound not only give the tree a AA'ater proof destroyer of fungus and protect it against other pests, but the rate of bark rencAval is increased, so raising the future value of the tree. The immense Avar demand for rubber gives more than ordinary significance to this discoA 7 cry of how, in a single operation, disease may be fought and productive capacity increased. • '
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 221, 4 October 1940, Page 3
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194RUBBER PESTS ROUTED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 221, 4 October 1940, Page 3
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