ABSTRACT
The method of cultivation generally adhered to, on the larger estates, is clean weeding; the reason for advocating this system is the necessity of detecting the presence of "lalang", a noxious weed which is more easily detected if the land is clean weeded. There are several methods of conserving surface soil, the most common and effective being the growing of a cover crop. Other methods are strip weeding, circle weeding, catch pits, terracing, bunding, and the planting of strong growing grass in contour. Soils with a high water table require to be thoroughly well drained before any attempt is made at planting. In the case of the rubber tree it is essential to have the land well / drained in order that a good tap root may be formed. Agriculture, other than the cultivation of rubber, coconuts and padi, as carried on in Malay, consists of "mixed farming".
