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 The Latest Manuring Experiment 597 



It is carried out on Mr. Rajepakse's estate in Ceylon 

 how the number of nuts was more than doubled, 

 their size increased and the quality of the kernels 

 improved comparative illustrations to show this. 



Yields 600 



Our critics' views and our own the Madras Mail 

 and its article on '"Ware Coco-nuts" disappoint- 

 ing results quoted the same paper's encouraging 

 remarks for the careful planter watch the trees 

 well and success should be yours. 



Prices of Coco-nut Products (November, 1913) ... ... 602 



Oils copra coco-nut and other oils again soya 

 oil soya oil beans palm oil palm-kernel oil 

 linseed cake cotton cake coir fibre coir rope. 



Kapok and Coco-nuts ... ... ... ... ... ... 606 



Mr. Murad Saleeby's book " The Kapok Industry '' 

 where published why the price of the floss has 

 risen percentage of oil in the seeds weight of 

 seed double that of floss yields per tree, and per 

 hectare or acre how to harvest the crop how to 

 tell when ripe a Ceylon firm advertises for the 

 cotton, &c. the prices they offer cuttings v. seeds 

 for kapok planting advantages of both on ' the 

 whole seeds are the best how to select them as 

 regards suitable soil for planting. 



Ware Deforestation ... ... ... ... ... ... 610 



India and Equatorial Africa what adequate water 

 supplies mean how deforestation may affect other 

 districts and even continents why those authorities 

 with lands for sale should take precautions our 

 own advice on the matter what forests do for culti- 

 vated lands and towns what their absence has 

 caused Paris to suffer the monsoon its birth in 

 Central Africa how Africa may therefore affect 

 the people of India if unwisely opened up and 

 denuded of its forests. 



