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low; at least $1,200 should be allocated for 

 this. If not needed, it will not hurt ; better 

 have too much than too little ; taken, how- 

 ever, as a basis to work on, and especially as 

 showing a list of what is wanted on a large 

 coco-nut estate, the table is extremely valuable. 

 We would urge prospective planters again not 

 to economize in fencing, if at all necessary ; 

 otherwise the animals can do a great deal of 

 damage, worse still, can throw the estate back 

 two or three years on account of a successful 

 raid upon its seedlings for fodder. It is not 

 only what they eat, it is what they nibble at, 

 trample upon, break down and generallydestroy. 

 Once, of course, the trees have run up there is 

 no need to trouble about fences ; for rats, and 

 occasionally squirrels, monkeys, and in some 

 cases land-crabs going down to the sea to 

 spawn, and such fry, can alone give trouble, 

 and no fence can keep these out, at least no 

 fence that it will pay to erect. With regard to 

 the utilization of cattle, with which we deal at 

 some length in the section " Cattle and Catch 

 Crops," and in the Panama and Mexican 

 sections, as no expense is incurred in feeding 

 them, grazing territory and a fenced-in corral 

 at night 1 being all that is necessary, this matter 

 is worthy of the attention of the wise planter 

 where, in conjunction with the poonac, there is 

 grass or other green cover crops suitable for 



1 See Decennium Number, p. 59. 



