ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 3.18 RUBBER CULTIVATION IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT ...... Page 81 3.19 SUMMARY ..................................................................................... Page 99 CHAPTER IV SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF NATURAL RUBBER TAPPERS IN KANIYAKUMARI DISTRICT 4.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................. Page 101 4.2 WHO ARE TAPPERS? .................................................................... Page 101 4.3 MEANING AND DETAILS OF TAPPING .................................... Page 101 4.4 IMPORTANCE OF TAPPING …………………………………… Page 102 4.5 OPERATIONAL TERMS IN TAPPING ........................................ Page 103 4 .5 (A) Bark 4 .5 (B) Marking, slope and direction of tapping cut 4 .5 (C) Standard of tapping and height of opening 4.5 (D) Tapping depths, bark consumption and bark renewal 4 .5 (E) Time of tapping, task and utensils 4 .5 (F) Tapping systems 4 .5 (G) Rain guarding 4 .5 (H) Tapping rest 4 .5 (I) Rubber Tappers Bank (RTB) 4 .5 (J) Latex 4 .5 (K) Latex flow 4 .5 (L) Properties of Rubber 4 .5 (M) Processing of the Crop 4 .5 (N) Smoking 4 .5 (O) Drying of rubber sheets 4 .5 (P) Grading 4 .5 (Q) Packing 4.6 EVOLUTION OF TAPPING ........................................................... Page 108 4.7 EXPORT OF RUBBER PRODUCTS ............................................. Page 108 4.8 SUMMARY ...................................................................................... Page 127 6
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