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COCOA 



RAINFALL IN MILLIMETRES 



CHAP. 



The figures at Widodaren are the average figures for 

 the years 1886 to 1909; those of Getas are the average 

 figures for the years 1900 to 1909. 



Cocoa would, doubtless, have become a culture of 

 more importance for Java if the two enemies, the cocoa 

 moth (Zaratha cramerella) and Helopeltis, had not 

 become so very destructive some fifteen years ago. 

 The moth especially reduced the crop to a great extent. 

 The natural consequence was a tendency among cocoa 

 planters to make the expenses as low as possible, and to 

 combine cocoa with other crops so as to get a larger 

 revenue from the plantation without making the 

 expenses much higher. 



In this way cocoa cultivation has not grown in Java 

 on uniform lines and on principles acquired by experi- 

 ence of several generations. Every planter tries to 

 make the best of it, and has his own way of inter- 

 planting with other crops. 



A great advantage in Java is the cheapness of labour. 

 It makes cocoa culture pay in spite of its enemies. In 

 most parts of Java a day-task of a man is paid 25 to 40 



