RESEARCH IN RUBBER
AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS, SELF-SUFFICIENCY AIM STANDARD AGREEMENTS (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Feb. 24, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The United Press has been informed that the Department of Agriculture has concluded agreements with 11 Latin American countries for scientific experiments designed to make the Western Hemisphere eventually selfsufficient as a rubber-producing centre. Standard agreements have been made with Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. In all cases the United States Government has agreed to cooperate and furnish necessary materials.
Officials said that the department had already acquired land and established at least one experimental station in each of the countries involved.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 24 February 1941, Page 4
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