MANAGEMENT OF THE CROP 47 



The material is readily saleable at good profit, 

 but on large estates, where the copra is turned 

 into oil, it pays best to keep the poonac for 

 the feeding of cattle, pigs, and poultry, which 

 in turn, apart from their uses for human pur- 

 poses, do immense good to a plantation by their 

 droppings. 



Extraction of Toddy or Sugar from the 

 Tree. The spathe or blossom of the tree may 

 also be used for extracting the juice from which 

 is prepared toddy or sugar, by a process very 

 easily acquired from the natives, and some are 

 of opinion that it brings on the young trees 

 more quickly than would otherwise be the case. 



This treatment should not be continued too 

 long say one year, after which the nuts should 

 be allowed to mature and be collected in the 

 usual way. 



A considerable period should then be allowed 

 to elapse before again treating or tapping the 

 young shoot of the tree for this purpose. 



