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By-products of coconut palm, value of, suggested methods of 



utilisation 10 



Care and upkeep of estates 73,74 



Catchcrops, a debatable subject ; fads of managers, 76 ; why 

 catchcrops are cultivated ; rubber as a catchcrop ; catch- 

 crops check disease and eradicate lalang, 77 ; coconut 

 as a catchcrop found too valuable ; cardinal essentials of a 

 catchcrop ; most suitable catchcrops, 78 ; yields and 

 values of principal catchcrops ; tapioca and pineapples 

 exhausting to soil, 79 ; marketing catchcrops ; conditions 

 essential for success; when catchcrops are replaced by 

 cover-crops, 80 ; the finest cover-crop ; estate managers 

 best judge of catchcrops, 83 ; catchcrops develop and 



protect estates ... ... ... 83 



Cattle on coconut estates, 81 ; their values ; an expert's opinion 



on cattle and pigs ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 



Cattle as catchcrops 81,82 



Cattle food cake from residue copra 143 



Ceylon : colossal output and value of coconuts, 30 ; vast 

 coconut -growing area, 31, 34 ; planters' enterprise; early 

 history of industry, 32 ; coffee planting, 34 ; scarcity of 

 suitable coconut-growing land ; properties increasing in 

 value, 35 ; detailed cost of planting 200 acre estate ... 64 



Ceylon : advantages for coconut planting 27 



" Chekku " oil mills and output 140 



Chillies in Zanzibar 47 



Choosing a site ; a limited area ; testing the soil, 24, 25 ; where 



best estates are found 27 



Clay soils not good 25 



Clean weeding, its importance; differences of opinion regarding 

 proper periods ; an expert opinion on best system ; how 



to protect young trees 74 



Clearing and firing 70 



Cochin China, rich in coconut palms 52 



Cochin oil, its superiority, quality and price due to excep- 

 tional whiteness and other special qualities ; more dry 

 months in Cochin natives more diligent, painstaking ; 

 Ceylon native too indolent, 145 ; Cochin copra sun-dried, 



