Show 1 T A A. New Source of Rubber j Tho discovery of a n now new source of Lago La- La go rubber from a tree a tree known to the JJ natives as the ire or or has g given en a great impetus to tho thu trade of or thE west coast of Africa in fn a ru rubber of extremely goo good quality The he forms terms a n tree 50 to 60 feet high with a trunk averaging 12 to 14 inches in diameter It Itis is said to be one of the most beautiful trees tices of the forest and anti is capable of producing in a good season as IlS much as from 10 lOto to 15 16 pounds of rubber per pr treo tree For the purpose of extracting ex ex- the he rubber a deep vertical cut cutis cutis cutis cutis' is is' made through tho the bark and several oblique cuts cuts' cutson on each side running into the main channel at atthe the base of which a a vessel is placed to receive tho the exuding ing milk which is coagulated by allowing a ta quantity to stand for some days in a cavity made in tho the trunk of ofa a tree so soI I that the watery portion evaporates or oaks oaks' into the wood leaving the tho solid portion behind which is kneaded and pressed Red together into a solid mass mas or orthe orthe the milk is placed iu in a vessel dud and nd boiled boiled boil boil- ed tho the rubber beginning tb to coagulate coagula e I almost immediately heat is applied Nature |