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compared ; advantages and disadvantages, 133, 134 ; 

 variation in nuts not allowed for, 134 ; the new process 

 its special features ; testing nuts to ascertain percentage 

 of oil and moisture ; a uniform grade of copra, 136 ; new 

 method an elaboration of previous processes ; its advan- 

 tages summarised, 137 ; results confirmed by independent 

 experts ; exploitation of new process ... ... ... 138 



Copra, residue as cattle food cake 17 



Desiccated coconut ; only best nuts used ; husking and 

 breaking nuts and storing kernels ; disintegration ; 

 desiccation ; sorting into grades and packing ; Ceylon 

 practically the only source of desiccated coconut ; how 

 packed and shipped ; parings rich in oil ; other grades cut 

 by special machinery ; work done in England, 151 ; 

 yield per nut ; price of desiccated coconut ; statistics of 

 production 152 



Diseases : parasitic, vegetable organisms, fungi and bacteria, 

 bud rot, root disease, stem-bleeding disease, leaf disease ; 

 when they attack trees, 99 ; bud rot, how it develops ; 

 a species of bacteria, due to fungus, prevalent in most 

 coconut growing countries ; causes in various regions, 100 ; 

 an American specialist on diseases ; drastic action against 

 bud rot necessary ; diseased trees must be cut down and 

 destroyed, burnt or buried in lime, 101 ; root disease, 

 origin unknown, symptoms similar to bud rot ; descrip- 

 tion of disease, 102 ; drastic remedies indispensable ; in- 

 fected trees must be eradicated and burnt ; how to treat 

 soil afterwards ; overhauling the estate, drainage, etc., 

 103 ; stem-bleeding disease caused by fungus ; its 

 symptoms ; swiftest remedy, cut down and burn infected 

 tissue, 104 ; the best system ; leaf disease its symptoms, 

 105 ; an expert's diagnosis ; remedial measures ; destruc- 

 tion of spores of fungus ; spraying afterwards with fungi- 

 cide, 106; attention necessary to cultivation, drainage 

 and manuring ; general preventive measures as safeguards ; 

 scientist's increasing activity ; new remedies and 

 methods ; special technical works on disease, pests, etc. 107 



Draining an estate ; best system 71 



Dutch coconut enterprise ... ... ... ... ... 1CS 



