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 1224 Agreeen t on part of Ministerio de Fomento, Agriclltllra y Trahnjo de ion- duras. Demonstration plantings. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Agreement of February28, 1941 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OlrCE OF THE SECRBTABY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR PLANTATION RUBBER INVESTIGATIONS IN HONDURAS THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT made and entered into this 28th day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty one, by and between the Ministerio de Fomento, Agricultura y Trabajo of the Republic of Honduras and the United States of America, by the Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the said United States. WITNESSETH : WHEREAS, the establishment of a rubber plantation industry in the Western Hemisphere is recognized as mutually advantageous to all countries therein, and WHEREAS, it is the interest and desire of the parties to this agree- ment that a source of crude rubber be developed in Honduras, and whereas, it is recognized by both parties that such development must be based on the use of superior strains of rubber-producing trees if the industry is to be self-sustaining in competition with oriental areas; that such strains must possess superiority, not only in yield but also in resistance to the South American leaf disease; that in view of the past efforts and progress achieved in promoting new agricultural enter- prises by the Ministerio de Fomento, Agricultura y Trabajo, it is the desire of the parties to this agreement to cooperate by conducting investigational work on the methods of growing rubber, the production of valuable strains of rubber, disease control, possible use of inter- crops, and other problems involved in the successful establishment of commercial rubber culture, for the benefit of the people of Honduras and of the United States of America. Now, THEREFORE, the parties to this agreement do hereby separately outline their interests in this cooperative project, and designate the facilities, services, and other contributions which they agree to make available toward achievement of their mutual objective. I. The Ministerio de Fomento, Agricultura Y Trabajo de Hon- duras is seeking uses for the great areas of rich undeveloped land and abandoned banana farms on which both individual growers and plantation companies may produce a profitable export crop, such as rubber, and increase the income and foreign trade of the people of Honduras. Therefore, said Ministerio does hereby agree: (a) To consult the local representatives of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, and select jointly three to five suitable areas of land whose owners are interested and are financially able to make demonstration plantings of rubber, which would be of the greatest educational value in establishing centers for the development of rubber production in Honduras; the location of such areas shall be determined by the amount of

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