INDEX. 



Ill 



Palm kernels, Packing and transport 

 of 43. 



kernel cake, 37. 



Composition of, 41 . 



Feeding cattle on, 



38-41. 



oil, Edible products from, 



34. 



nuts, Machinery for cracking, 



31. 



oil industry in Tropical Africa, 



27. 



Chemical and physical con- 

 stants of, 33. 

 Paraguay kernels, Description of, 96. 



kernel oil, Chemical characters 



of, 97. 

 Phillips' machine for extraction of 



palm oil, 31. 



Planting of coconut estates, 17-22. 

 Preparation of cacao bean for ex- 

 port, 81. 



of cocoa from cacao bean, 67. 



of coir fibre, 15. 



of copra, 16. 



of desiccated coconut, 14. 



of ground nut oil, 52. 



of Shea butter, 63. 



Principal producing centres of cacao 



bean, 69-72. 



Production of nut butter, 34. 

 Profits from coconut estates, 20-22. 

 Prospects of coconut cultivation in 

 West Africa, 10. 



SELECTION of coconuts for planting, 



of soil for ground nuts, 49. 



Sesame or " gingelly " oil, Prepara- 

 tion of, 90. 



Shea butter tree, Cultivation of, 61. 

 Description of, 59. 



Flowers of, 60. 



Preparation of, 63. 



nut, Uses of, 59. 



kernels, Export of, 62. 



Small machines for palm oil extrac- 

 tion, 31. 

 Soya bean, Analysis of, 88, 89. 



Soya bean, Cultivation of, 87. 



Description of, 86. 



and Sesame, 85-92. 



Strephonema nut, Analysis of resi- 

 dual meal, 99. 

 Description of, 98-99. 



TOGOLAND, Methods of improve- 

 ment in, 29. 



Transport of palm kernels, 43. 

 Danger of fire during, 44. 



U 



USES of cocoa butter, 68. 



of ground nut, 47. 



of palm kernels, 34. 



of Shea nut, 59. 



Utilisation of the coconut palm by 

 natives, 12. 



VALUE of West Africa, 2. 



of oil content of ground nut, 



48. 



W 



WATERING of coconut plantation, 19. 

 West Africa, Oil-yielding plants of, 

 2. 



Prospects of coconut 



cultivation in, 10. 



Revenue and expenditure 



on coconut plantations, 

 21. 

 Value of, 2. 



YIELD of palm fruit, 28. 

 Yields and profits from coconut 

 estates, 17, 22. 



from decorticated and un- 



decorticated ground nuts, 54. 



of dried ground nuts per acre, 



49. 



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