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CHAPTER V 



LAYING OUT A COCOA PLANTATION 



Wind-breaks Trees suitable for wind-belts Clearing land for 

 cocoa cultivation Plotting out the plantation Roads Drainage 

 Distance apart to plant cocoa trees Lining Holing . pp. 22 -28 



CHAPTER VI 

 SHADING AND INTER-CROPS FOR COCOA 



Permanent shade for cocoa trees The merits and demerits of different 

 shade-trees Pithecolobium Saman Temporary shade for young 

 cocoa trees Bananas or Plantains Cassava or Manioc 

 Chillies pp. 29-34 



CHAPTER VII 

 PROPAGATION 



Bean selection Packing and transport of cocoa beans Nurseries 

 Bean sowing Budding Grafting and treatment of grafted plants 



pp. 35-44 



CHAPTER VIII 

 PLANTING, CULTIVATING, AND PRUNING 



Planting Cultivating Manurial value of weeds Pernicious weeds 

 Leguminous cover-plants Pruning When and how to prune 

 Antisepticisation of pruning-wounds .... pp. 45-52 



CHAPTER IX 

 MANURING 



Reasons for manuring The economical application of manures 

 Manurial experiments Animal manures Artificial manures 

 Vegetable manures Lime ...... pp. 53-65 



CHAPTER X 



RESULTS OF MANURIAL EXPERIMENTS IN VARIOUS 

 COUNTRIES 



Increased yields obtained from the application of manures in Do- 

 minica, Grenada, Trinidad, St. Lucia, Ceylon % ^ pp. 66-75 



