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Show Tapping of Rubber Trees Remarkable Results Achieved by a New Method in Ceylon. Some remarkable results have been obtained by a new system of tapping rubber trees in Ceylon, according to the New York Post. In this the usual method of cutting V -shaped grooves In the bark Is abandoned and a number num-ber of spiral grooves aie cut Instead. The number of these grooves depends upon the sl.e of the tree. With small trees It Is usual to cut twogiooves diametrically opposite and at an angle of forty-live degiees As the tiee Increases In-creases in gnth other giooves may be added. The latex running outof the wound follows the groove and Is collected by small cups placed upon the ground. As the wound heals, it is reopened every other day by taking a thin shaving shav-ing of bark off the lower edge of the groove. Tills is done because the upper up-per edge heals more rapidly. The trees are tapped every other day for a period of one month and are then given giv-en one month's rest. The wound heals smoothly, "so that the process Is continuous, It is said that where tapping tap-ping by theold method gaveone pound of rubber per annum, which was considered con-sidered a fair yield, now five pounds are obtained from trees of the same sl.e. In WO.'!, with the V system of tapping, 2IN trees on one plantation gave 210 pounds of rubber. Tapped In 1H01 on the spiral system, the same trees gave sixty-live pounds of rubber the lire l mouth' and In thiec months had given ,'l()2 pounds of rubber. rub-ber. From January to September, In-chislc, In-chislc, llKKi, the same trees gae 1,,'I17 pounds of rubber by the spiral taping. tap-ing. The drain on tree does not seem to injure It at all. First grade rubber to-day Is worth 1.7f per lb. |