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Copy. No. 9

Singapore, *3rd October. 1906.

Dear Sir.

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loirinf mine dated 10/10/0* I not be- to *ivs you the folio-fins in

details

Ii ABU - I already said that this Til! give a nice return if properly

grown. It is sold locally at a price fron 1 to 2 cents per cattie or even dearer

if scarce- Two cents ner cattie may be considered as fairly profitable,

These are planted from seeds at a distance of about 6 feet apart. 'I

seeds in a hole about effect square and 1 deem nrepar9d and made .soft in the

ground. In these holes is put first "cot dung" (quantity about 10 lbs per hole)

Above + he cow dung lay the seeds (3 or 4) at equal distances and upon this again

strew some "bumtsoil" to the thickness of an inch or an inch ft a half

In 4 or 5’days' time, the seeds aril 1 begin to make their appearance and

then continue to fro* and creep along the surface of the tilled soil until

bearing.

Nourishment , in the form of liquid manure such as urine, discharges of pigs &c.

Till strenghten the creepers in their growth greatly if given once in every 5 or

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6 days, hence the result being plenty of Labes produced.

Labu plants will bear in about 45 or 50 days' time after having been planted

sometimes much quicker Then poll is first class quality and best ca^e given

towards them; the labus (fruit) mature Then they attain a darker green colour

than Then they were small— about ten or twelve days from time of flowering.

- Th -333 require a bit more work than labus because these are not
sewn directly. See particulars below as to planting same?—

(1) Ciet some fresh Chills, cut open, take out all the little seeds in them

and put these in a bowl of saltfish water and allow them to soak for at least 6

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or 7 days.

(9) Choose a piece of gorund where it is fellow and always slightly wet, tunn

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the soil over properly and soften it well. Scatter over this "butnt soil" (see
Statement attached preparing burnt soil) and *hen finished, this is ready to
receive the Chili seeds. . 1 §

(3) Dram off the water in the bowl containing the seeds, when dry put in «oqa

burnt soil

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Pi some .soft earth, nix veil toother in order that the eeede nay not get into a
iirap. After this scatter carefully this preparation over the selected pieee ef

-round as oer para B above. Be careful not to strsv the seeds over a comer of
the prepared spot only as the plants .ill be too slender in -roving.

(4) During their yrovth liquid manure - urine Sc - vill do theo much good if a iv «

once fivers **ee v -

(5) After 50 days transplant these young Chili slants as per manner following:-

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(e) Till and soften the ground ever vhieh is i-stended*J»e the planting pt same.

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nroneriv.^ <£vide the soil

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sketch above, nut in these holloas, them the plants and cover their feet or

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bottoms with soil from the row-

Hive liquit manure to the Chilis on.ee every week or longer.

A month and a half after pi ant in r the n hili plants Till have yiven out

flowers provided that they are manured continually as stated above-

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The Thilis turn red Then rape- Haw kind is sometimes very much wanted and

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i'’ the orice is fair say p cents it is advisable to pluck and sell as in

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most cases the ^hilis mostly set rotten before yetting rime - this is

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due nerhaps to the yivirt£ of manure at midday when it is the hottest, or

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t % e manure itself is pure.and net mixed.with water.

I ou&ht to say above that when giviny urine to ''’hi 1 is as manure, it must be

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mixed with water to the pronc/rtAons of 3 marts of /ater to 2 of urine r hen

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the plants arc yet young* and 3 marts of urine to 2 of water when the plants

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arc say, on a month old.-

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Please also note that manure must be "Ivan in the afternoon say -t4^or 5

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O’ c^ock.This is inoertant.-'

He^ardir*^ discharges of oiys, there is no n$ed ta ndd Tatar .

? V OTHO - t xn sorry I can’t yet give you the particulars re

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"t h y e to write about same next week, which may be a rather lon^ one and

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most interesting hence the nost innortant and nost suitable to Rubber trees ■

i planted bet r een then md lastly there is the best ch ance or ^ettin^ a very

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rPQd roturn , and T can strongl ,r reconmend vour friend take this up.

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' s regards ny Father »ho S 373 that he is seeking for a job such as
planting and curing Indigo and about this I have already asked you to kindly
nass on to your frienfl at el ant an should he see his **ay of takin^ up Indigo,

T shall £eed feel obliged if you

To », .1. >.unn. SSQR.,
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▼ill do so .

Meanwhile, I remain, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully.

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Statemnnt giving particular:?
for preparing Burnt Soil .

I may say first That use is it to plants* This particular soi 1
is good to plants because it Till not become hard Than the da'/s are the hottest,
and so there is more chance for the tenter chants to rive out roots, ^he other

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usefulness is that the soil f having been burnt rith other rubbish, ^ried trass nice

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etc., thereare oortainrich properties reserved in the nrenaration. Tt is besides,

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always,so.Pt , cool , an^ *iavin; ths never of retaining moistnrs.

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It is very simple to prep ere any quantity of this by following the
directions belo?:- .

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ooae a piece of grass—covered ground, tum over the ~rass

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•nth channels (spades) kee~ turning the «rass *ith a raVe in the
sun until it is quite dry. Aether .all the grass and make it into
beans of about If feet in cl re* reference.

To form the heaps, put "irst some of the dried grass and ov^r
this if possible som^ sticks interning 1 sd, and over this again
put a lot* nore of the grass until it is quite a heap, flat at the
ton; then over the top put as aneh earth s possible until nearly

all the ^rass is covered. Set this on r ire vhioh aril!

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a 1 1 the ff rass. It Till v eep burning o 1 " snokin" for some days
’intil the soil turns reddish or bro si according to the original

colour of the soil, and Then in this condition, it is then burnt

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soil .

Y . °hoon Seng.