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of this. Once stagnant water is observed it 

 must be drained away, and always kept on the 

 move. The London constable with his "move 

 on," would be a good illustrated motto to hang 

 up in the bungalow of every coco-nut estate 

 owner and manager, so far as soil water is 

 concerned. 



Cover crops recommended in the West 

 Indies include Crotalaria striata, Phaseolus 

 mungo (woolly pyrol), P. Lunatus (lima bean), 

 Ricinus communis (castor-oil plant), Arachis 

 hypogcea (ground nuts), Canavalia gladiata 

 (sword bean), C. ensiformis (horse bean), and 

 possibly Tepkrosia pitrpurea and 7\ Candida, 

 as well as sorghum or broom corn (Andro- 

 pogon sorghum]. Fuller details of this and 

 other matters along the same lines will be 

 found in the booklet, No. 70, referred to, 

 and also in the Barbados Agricultural News, 

 vol. ix, pp. 37, 341 ; vol. x, pp. 91, 245 ; 

 Annual Report of Botanic Station, Antigua, 

 for 1909, p. 22, and of Dominica, p. 38. As 

 regards yield planters are advised here as 

 well as elsewhere, when adequate white, or 

 reliable native supervision is available, to 

 allow the men and boys to climb the trees 

 and pick the nuts, not to let them drop, 

 but if unripe nuts, as from small proprietors' 

 lands, are constantly being received for copra, 

 it is best to allow the nuts to drop, so as to 

 ensure perfect ripeness ; in some centres it is 

 urged (if the law does not actually exist) that 



