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THE COST OF A COCO-NUT ESTATE i 



The difficulty of estimating correctly large v. small 

 estates the largest should pay best advantages 

 of a good manager and of comfortable quarters 

 for the staff estimate of a 5oo-acre estate in 

 F.M.S. and of 500 hectares in a German colony 

 prospects in the Philippine Islands. 



NATIVE OWNERSHIP AND HUSBANDRY 13 



The ubiquitous nut its value to the natives native 

 copra trading copra, clean and otherwise Ceylon 

 and Malabar to the fore comparative values of 

 various copras, also coco-nut oil and fibre as 

 well as of soya beans and soya oil the struggle 

 for the lead in fine copra Ceylon's enterprise 

 India Panama and the West Indies Java the 

 native producer in Ceylon. 



SELECTION OF A LOCALITY AND SITE FOR A PLANTA- 

 TION 22 



Choose carefully what to avoid supplies of water 

 a necessity the question of the seashore and else- 

 where O. W. Barrett on lagoons inland planting 

 in German East Africa, Ceylon, Java, c. the 

 area settled, now note the soil the rainfall and 

 temperature how to gauge the fertility of the 

 soil avoid cyclone-belts, also earthquake centres 

 the root system of the palm how it feeds the 

 tree height v. diameter of the palms uses of the 

 leaves, &c. 



CULTIVATION IN CEYLON 33 



Mr. A. W. Beven's views recommends thoroughly 

 cultivating, draining, and manuring the land cul- 

 tivation to start after planting various soils as 



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