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Two days ago my Agricultural Assistant visited Gopeng Estate to report on the progress being
made with the opening up of the plot selected for the cocoa Experiment (my No.4 in even file
refers). After his Visit the Agric: Asst: reported to me that the experiment would not now be put
down on the plot selected by the Manager and myself. The Manager had told him that he was to
find another area among rubber still to be felled.
2. I myself visited the Estate today and learned from the manager that it was not on his orders
that the site originally selected had been given up, but the orders of the Visiting Agent (Rodgers).
It would appear that the said Rodgers (you know him) has acted on his own without consulting
the Directors of the Estate.
3. The manager showed me an old rubber area still to be felled where the experiment might be
sited and I have asked him to have an area demarcated as nearly square as possible.
4. I feel that this experiment is boound to suffer through the action of the Visiting Agent as it is
still uncertain when the land will be cleared ready for planting the Primary and secondary Shade
crops. The cocoa is due for planting out in October.
5. The Manager is going on leave in a fortnight’s time so that anything can happen. He may not
be returning.
6. My attitude in the matter would be to write in to the Directors through the Manager and
inform them that as the plans agreed on by the Manager and mvself have been varied without
reference to me, Dept. is no longer interested in co-operating with the Estate. Do you agree?
7. Visiting Agents who take upon themselves the right to make such decisions without reference
to the Board of the Estate and to this Dept. should be put on the spot. It was the Manager, at the
instigation of his Board of Directors who first approached me about putting down a cocoa
experiment on the Estate, so presumably the Board is interested in seeing the experiment
conducted properly.
8. I gather that said Visiting Agent is somewhat biased against Cocoa cultivation.
I have received an appli cation from Manager Gopeng. Estate for 640 cocoa seedlingg for
replacement in his 5 acre experiment block.
2. I am far from clear whether this is a Depatmental experiment or not. In May 1950 Mr.
Fairweather wrote you suggesting that as the Visiting Agent had interfered with the original
planning, exp. should be dropped as a co-operative one. I can find no answer to this, but later
correspondence to the Manager in September 1950 instructs him to proceed in accordance with
S.A.O. (R) memo 8 in SAO(R) 139/49.
3. If the exp. is still regarded as a Deptl: co—operative one, I assume the seedlings will be
supplied and free of charge. The actual number appears to be high as A.A. ‘s estimate is nearer
500 but no doubt Manager going to replace all his poor plants plus carry a small reserve.
4. If exp. is no longer a co—operative one, can seedlings and/or seed be supplied and at what
cost?
Ketua Pegawai Lapangan,
Jabatan Pertanian Kuala Lumpur.
Saya telah menerima permohonan daripada Pengurus Gopeng. Ladang untuk 640 biji benih
untuk penggantian dalam blok percubaan 5 ekarnya.
2. Saya jauh dari jelas sama ada ini adalah percubaan Depatmental atau tidak. Pada bulan Mei
1950, Encik Fairweather menulis anda mencadangkan bahawa sebagai Ejen Pelawat telah
mengganggu perancangan asal, exp. harus dijatuhkan sebagai koperatif. Saya tidak dapat
menjumpai sebarang jawapan kepada ini, tetapi kemudian korespondensi kepada Pengurus pada
September 1950 mengarahkannya untuk meneruskan mengikut S.A.O. (R) memo 8 dalam SAO
(R) 139/49.
3. Jika exp. masih dianggap sebagai Deptl: koperasi, saya menganggap benih akan dibekalkan
dan percuma. Bilangan sebenar kelihatan tinggi seperti A.A. Anggaran itu hampir 500 tetapi
tidak diragukan Pengurus akan menggantikan semua tanamannya yang buruk ditambah
membawa rizab kecil.
4. Jika exp. tidak lagi koperasi, boleh benih dan / atau biji dibekalkan dan pada kos apa?
I visited Gopeng Estate yesterday and in company with the Manager selected the site for putting
down a cocoa trial. I have suggested to him that he stick to the 40 x 40 rows planting 12' x 12’
(1600 trees) and he is to have such a block demarcated. The land selected slightly undulating
with a slight fall from the plateau, which forms the centre of the block, away to each corner.
Holing will be done East and West and the layout of the 8 plots will conform with the plan
approved for Sadang Estate.
2. The history of the area is that it was originally cleared of jungle and planted with rubber in
1910. The old rubber was felled and the area clean cleared in june — July this year.
Regeneration of natural covers hag comenced, Straits Rhodendron, Coffee, Hutan,Bracken, Pig
weed and Passiflora predominating. The soil is a brown clay loam similar to that on Kota Bahroe
Estate. The whole of the block will drain freely.
3.The Manager would like the senior Agricultural officer (Research) to draw up the details of
the trial early so that I can send him a copy for despatch to his Directors in London, Who
apparently are keen but want to know what it will cost. The Visiting Agent(Rodgers) has
mentioned a figure of $500/— per acrea to the Manager and this has scared them. Have you any
figure for per acre which I can quote?
4. Seed for this trial should be reserved on the supposition that the trial will be carried out.
Saya melawat Ladang Gopeng semalam dan bersama-sama dengan Pengurus memilih laman
web ini untuk meletakkan percubaan koko. Saya telah mencadangkan kepadanya bahawa dia
berpegang pada baris 40 x 40 menanam 12 'x 12' (1600 pokok) dan dia akan mempunyai blok
seperti itu. Tanah yang dipilih sedikit bergelora dengan jatuh sedikit dari dataran tinggi, yang
membentuk pusat blok, jauh ke setiap sudut. Holing akan dilakukan di Timur dan Barat dan tata
letak 8 plot akan mematuhi pelan yang diluluskan untuk Ladang Sadang.
2. Sejarah kawasan itu adalah pada asalnya dibersihkan dari hutan dan ditanam dengan getah
pada tahun 1910. Getah lama ditebang dan kawasan itu dibersihkan pada bulan Jun - Julai tahun
ini.
Penjanaan semulajadi meliputi sarung, Selat Rhodendron, Kopi, Hutan, Bracken, Rumpai rumput
dan Pasiflora. Tanah ini adalah tanah liat coklat yang serupa dengannya di Ladang Kota Bahroe.
Seluruh blok akan dibuang dengan bebas.
3. Pengurus ingin pegawai kanan Pertanian (Penyelidikan) membuat butir-butir percubaan awal
supaya saya boleh menghantar salinannya untuk dihantar kepada para Pengarah di London, Yang
nampaknya berminat tetapi ingin tahu apa yang akan dikenakannya . Agen Pelawat (Rodgers)
telah menyebut angka $ 500 / - per acrea kepada Pengurus dan ini telah menakutkan mereka.
Adakah anda mempunyai apa-apa angka untuk setiap ekar yang boleh saya kutip?
4. Benih untuk percubaan ini harus dikhaskan pada anggapan bahawa perbicaraan akan
dijalankan.