INDEX 199 



PAGES 



Pests, principal classes, descriptions of each, 108 ; how to 

 eliminate them, 109 ; spraying mixtures, sponging with 

 insecticides ; valuable directions for treatment ; recipes 

 for insecticides ; pests exterminated by other pests ; 

 birds as pest exterminators ; biting insects, caterpillars, 

 110 ; description and method for extermination ; boring 

 insects, the palm weevil, full description ; dead or dying 

 coconuts attacked ; remedy, cutting down and destruction 

 of trees ; how to plug the wounds made by weevils, 111 ; 

 the moth borer also attacks coconuts in Trinidad ; the 

 rhinoceros beetle, where it is found; full description; 

 system of destruction; how to fill the holes, 112; the 

 " buglight " ; other remedies ; Asiatic palm, or red 

 beetle, more destructive than rhinoceros ; how they 

 undermine trees, 113 ; trees attacked must be cut down 

 and burnt ; white ants attack young plants ; smoking 

 them out; how to keep them away, 114; other pests, 

 shothole coconut weevil, four-spotted coconut weevil; 

 how to eliminate pests or render their operations ineffec- 

 tive ; other troubles of coconut trees wild pigs, rats, 

 wild foxes, bats and squirrels ; how to deal with them ; 

 curious remedies in various countries, 115 ; why the mon- 

 goose is useful but dangerous 116 



Philippines, drawbacks for coconut planters, 27 ; prospects for 

 the industry ; general conditions ; cost of an estate ; 

 yield per acre ; immense production ; quality inferior to 

 best brands, 49 ; wasteful methods ; out-of-date customs, 

 50; introduction of scientific cultivation 50 



Planting problems ; virgin forest ; secondary jungle and grass 

 lands ; difficulties of clearing and preparation ; how to 

 plan an estate, 66 ; systems of labour ; planting methods 

 in various regions, 67 ; the Metayer system, 68 ; contract 

 labour ; the British North Borneo system of planting, 69 ; 

 clearing an estate, 70 ; a burn-out ; drainage system in 

 F.M.S., 71 ; lining and holing ; importance of regularity ; 

 drawbacks of too close planting ; system adopted in West 

 Indies ; how to arrange holes, 72 ; transplanting the seed- 

 lings ; the best age for removal ; care needed ; super- 

 vision of natives ; planting the nut 73 



