CHEAP RUBBER
DREAM OP THE FUTURE According to a message received in New York from the Dutch East Indies, some scientific students of rubber culture out there are reported to have out-Edisoned Edison. Following tho principles laid down by Luther Burbank, and working quietly on the plantations, they have developed a system of bml-grafting by which the yield of the rubber free can be increased fourfold.
Through the application of the now scheme (says Mr Frank R. Henderson, president of tho New York Rubber Exchange). “it will be possible to reduce the cost of crude rubber delivered in New York from the present 25 cents per lb. to less than 10 cents.” Tyres, treads and surgical supplies will come down with a. rush when tho new method is proved efficacious. Experiments have shown that a single free, which ordinarily produces 31b. or 41b. a year, may he made to produce 7011*. of crude rubber.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1927, Page 1
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154CHEAP RUBBER Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1927, Page 1
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