CONTENTS 



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FOREWORD vii 



CHAPTER 



I. LTHE COCONUT : ITS IMPORTANCE AND VALUE 1 



II. LTHE. COCONUT AND ITS PRODUCTS 13 



III. SELECTION OP A PLANTATION 23 



IV. THE COCONUT BELT 28 



V. THE COST OF A COCONUT ESTATE 54 



VI. THE PLANTATION 67 



VII. THE SCIENCE OP CATCHCROPS 76 



VIII. THE SEED NUT AND THE NURSERY 84 



IX. THE QUESTION OF FERTILISATION 93 



X. DISEASES AND THEIR CURE 99 



XI. THE EXTERMINATION OF PESTS 108 



XII. THE COIR FIBRE INDUSTRY 117 



XIII. THE PREPARATION OF COPRA 124 



XIV. THE STERILISATION OF COPRA 131 



XV. THE_COCONUT OIL AND DESICCATED COCONUT 



INDUSTRIES 139 



XVI. MARKETING COCONUTS AND COPRA 153 



XVII. FOREIGN COCONUT ENTERPRISE 161 



XVIII. THE NUT BUTTER INDUSTRY 169 



XIX. COCONUTS AS AN INVESTMENT 179 



