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regards planting the size of the holes now for 

 weeding the goiya system the question of catch- 

 crops weeding and tilling keeping the soil friable 

 the roots, the soil, and the rain why nuts drop 

 off young draining why draining is necessary 

 drains for high lands and low lands, for hills and 

 plains liming necessary, but neglected the 

 action of lime on the soil quantity per acre 

 manuring give back what you take the plant food 

 you take away the value of cattle manure 

 Crotalaria cover-crops useful prevent acidity in 

 the soil burn and bury your refuse. 



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The value of the coco-nut industry what the Federated 

 Malay States are doing first mention of pests and 

 spraying the area in four States under coco-nuts 

 some comparative quotations for nuts, oil, and 

 copra in Malaya West Indies Ceylon Zanzi- 

 bar Trinidad (W.I.) shipments Mr. L. C. Brown 

 on copra-making experiments in the Philippines 

 ?e drying the pros and cons of mechanical dryers 

 v. the sun how long to dry the profits from an 

 avenue of coco-nut palms how to make roads for 

 nothing and leave a profit the question of yields 

 do not talk of 200 trees to acre, nor 200 nuts per 

 tree. 



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The growing importance of the industry valuable 

 medals awarded in 1876 for coco-nut products 

 Trinidad's shipments from 1888 to 1911 prices of 

 oil and nuts planting possibilities and advantages 

 in the West Indies temperature and rainfall 

 avoid " wet feet " and stagnant water the huge 

 size of the leaves further details of the roots, in 

 the West Indies, and the Philippines selecting 

 seed-nuts which to choose, first the palms, then 

 the nuts how to tell a fully ripe nut hand-pick 

 your seed-nuts, do not let them fall laying out the 

 nursery plant more nuts than you need distance 

 to plant leaf-mould, coir-dust, megasse, &c., to 

 fill holes clean-weeding round the trees avoid 

 stagnant water cover-crops collecting nuts, 



