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SPRAYING MACHINES ... : 579 



W. Weeks and Son, Ltd. and their machines- 

 prizes awarded them hand-spraying machines 

 the work they will do their knapsack sprayers 

 power sprayers their hose and connections for 

 big estates oil or petrol motors for the machines 

 Weeks's " Multi-Spray" nozzle. 



GENERAL NOTES (Latest News) 587 



The Pestalozzia Palmarum and Possible Cures 587 



Mr. Fetch suggests potash manures a West Indian 

 authority says use muriate of potash the trouble 

 generally due to unsuitable soil kainit used in the 

 Isle of Pines (Cuba) if Bacillus colt is the trouble, 

 why not use Izal? experiments with it recom- 

 mended how it should be applied. 



The Florescence and Fructification of the Pal ins ... ... 590 



Mr. L. C. Brown's views differing conditions give 

 different results An F.M.S. friend confirms Mr. 

 Brown's views Dr. Fredholm's observations he 

 agrees that the time is from twelve to thirteen 

 months what he says in the West India Com- 

 mittee Circulars, the subject Dr. Fredholm dis- 

 agrees re pollination. 



The Cost of Establishing an Estate in the F.M.S. ... 594 



The Selangor Coco-nut Co., Ltd., and their report 

 their estimate is ^35 to ^36 an acre Mr. Kelway 

 Bamber thinks that, with ample labour, ^25 to 

 ^30 might do otherwise ,34 to ^40 estimates 

 of yields and selling price the dwarf or king-coco- 

 nutits introduction and extending utilization 

 where and how planted. 



The Manufacture of Edible Coco-nut Butter ... ... 596 



How it is made in Bohemia the fat described 

 sesame oil makes it more pliant its keeping quali- 

 ties when made resembles real butter and margar- 

 ine the increase in the output prices and demand. 



