Manuring 297 



Seashore Nuts Inland Nuts 



Sun dried Grill dried Sun dried Grill dried 



Per Per Per Per 



Kilos, cent. Kilos, cent. Kilos. cent. Kilos, cent. 



Copra ... 302 I2'8 330 14*0 322 14*1 333 14-6 



Oil ... 182 277 198 8-4 191 8-4 189 8-3 

 Moisture in 



copra ... 9-2 8'6 9-8 lO'i 



Oil ... 60-3 60*2 59-2 57-0 



In conclusion, it is claimed that "the great 

 porosity of soils near the sea, coupled with the 

 fact that they are, as a rule, practically satu- 

 rated with water at a distance of only a few 

 feet below the surface of the ground, is the 

 principal reason why they are more suitable 

 for trees like the coco-nut, which require an 

 enormous quantity of water for their growth. 

 Chemically, there is very little difference be- 

 tween soils near the seashore and those inland ; 

 if anything, the latter (in the Philippines) is a 

 little more fertile. The salt water from the 

 sea has no influence on trees in its vicinity, as 

 only amounts of chlorine so small as to be 

 negligible were found to be present even at 

 the bases of the coco-nut trees which were 

 actually growing on the beach." 



MANURING. 



As with every other crop grown, it is 

 necessary with coco-nuts, if good results are 

 to be obtained, to return a certain amount of 

 plant food to the soil, to make good any 

 deficiency due to the removal of food by the 

 crop. In order to do this effectively, not only 

 must allowance be made for wastage and for 



