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THE NASICORNUS BEETLE FUNGUS 449 



A valuable ally when fighting coco-nut beetles is 

 a parasite that feeds on the larvae of the beetles 

 how the two are brought together breeding nests 

 the distance apart to place them how they are 

 made up Dr. Friedrich's report on the subject 

 he discusses the matter fully recipe for making 

 a good breeding bed or trap (tumus) for beetles. 



COCO-NUT PLANTING IN FIJI 4*57 



The excellent paper by Mr. Thiele, Secretary to the 

 Fiji Planters' Association the most suitable soil 

 selection of seed-nuts nurseries soils, &c., in 

 Papua planting methods in Fiji transplanting 

 care of young trees manuring green manures 



. intercrops grass and cattle various feeding 

 grasses discussed gathering the nuts drying 

 the copra coir fibre coco-nut cake for cattle 

 how it increases the milk disease in Fiji a moth 

 that does much damage Mr. Jepson's report 

 precautions needed and adopted how the larvae 

 of the moths affect the palms bud-rot lightning 

 stick-insects and other pests how one palm in 

 many is alone attacked the Aspidiotus found 

 Froggatt, Banks and Doane all denounce it as 

 a troublesome customer Urich also knows it. 



COCO-NUTS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 489 



Mr. Garrick's voyage the Malaita Co. ivory nuts 

 arid their value Ilu and Lever Bros. Ltd. 

 Mamara Russell Island said to be the pick of 

 the Solomons Gizo Island Lever's employees' 

 companies at Vila cost of land and labour in the 

 Solomons the Germans at Bouganville Island 

 Pests in the Solomons. 



REMOUNTS FOR THE ARMY 498 



Can they be raised on coco-nut estates ? the dearth 

 of horses how and why the scarcity will increase 

 leading authorities quoted if cattle can do well, 

 will horses ? the advantages of dispersing our 

 breeding stations the Ceylon breeding farm Mr. 

 Hutchison's Delft (off Ceylon) pony the high 



