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 1282 Development of source of crude rub- ber. Use of Hevea brasil- ensis. Selection of areas for nurseries, distribution centers, etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SECRETARIA DE AGRICULTURA Y FOMENTO OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The interest and desire of the Governments of the United Mexican States and of the United States of America in development of a source of crude rubber has already been expressed in previous correspondence and in active cooperative survey work. It is recognized by both Governments as a result of their studies and surveys that the de- velopment of a source of crude rubber must be based on the use of superior strains of Hevea brasiliensis if the industry is to be self- sustaining. The representatives of the Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento of the United Mexican States and those of the Department of Agri- culture of the United States of America have consulted and tenta- tively selected two or three areas suitable for nurseries which can also serve as demonstration plots and centers for distribution of Hevea brasiliensis. In order to make available the desirable strains of Hevea brasiliensis and to study and encourage the best methods of cultural practices, the following Memorandum is hereby agreed upon: Text of memoran- THE SECRETARIA DE AGRICULTURA Y FOMENTO OF THE UNITED dum. MEXICAN STATES AGREES: Maintenance of nurseries and experi- mental plots. Quarantine and other regulations. Imports and ex- ports of planting ma- terial, etc. 1. To maintain nurseries and experimental plots at its own expense, furnishing for this purpose fifty hectares of land for nurseries and one hundred hectares of land already planted with Hevea brasiliensis for experimental purposes in the region known as "El Palmar" in the State of Veracruz and in other places which may be selected in the future. To assign one or more agronomists or other trained representa- tives who will be responsible for the care and cultivation of said nurseries and experimental plots. With these representatives will cooperate the representatives of the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America in directing and educating the planters in all matters pertaining to the propagation, cultivation and preparation of Hevea rubber. 2. To formulate quarantine and other regulations designed to prevent the introduction into Mexico of rubber propagating ma- terials, including seeds, trees and budwood from other countries, excepting such shipments as are duly certified to be free from noxious insects and contagious diseases. 3. To permit, upon request of the United States Department of Agriculture, the importation into or exportation from Mexico of all planting material (seeds, stumps, budwood) or rubber-producing

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