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full-grown trees water supplies improved yields 

 through manuring plant-foods removed by 1,000 

 nuts how to replace them a choice of formulas 

 which to choose and when to use them. 



THE MULCH, BY O. W. BARRETT ... - i;.: ... 321 



CATTLE, CATCH-CROPS AND COVER-PLANTS 327 



Catch-crops discussed leguminous plants the 

 Mimosas intercrops force you to cultivate this 

 is an advantage as regards sisal sisal refuse for 

 alcohol making by-products from sisal inter- 

 crops to keep down grass lalang grass fibres 

 fire-lines advantage of ploughing but intercrops 

 are best possible demand for cattle in the Philip- 

 pines Gallagher's ideal catch-crop Coffea robusta 

 answers to same the plant discussed also soya 

 beans cattle and soya-feed ground-nuts other 

 crops cattle in the Philippines full details of 

 cattle between coco-nuts also about pigs cost 

 of cattle in the Philippines the best strain of pigs 

 for breeding a little advice on choosing and 

 fattening stockthe better the animal the better 

 the produce the demand for British pure-bred 

 stock the increasing demand for hogs and hog- 

 products supplies inadequate cattle in the 

 Philippines London can supply information 

 how to get it the London Chamber of Commerce 

 helps the Venezuelan cattle trade the demand 

 for cattle in Malaya and London. 



THE DEMAND FOR COCO-NUT PRODUCTS .. ; . .*. 349 

 The utilization of waste products how they swell 

 profits speculation ?/. assured profits coco-nut 

 profits palm-wine nuts copra oil desic- 

 cated-nuts coir yarn husks for manure or fibre 

 why waste the milk ? or fibre dust ? H. D. Gibbs 

 on coco-nut productsa table of some of Pereira's 

 eighty-three products first take copra then oil 

 and poonac value of poonac as cattle food 

 especially in Australia its possibilities as a 

 poultry-food tank steamers in future laden with 

 oil, coco nut products, cattle, hog, and other 

 foodstuffs. 



