320 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



Nitrogen Phos. acid Potash Moisture 



Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 



Goat manure No. I ... 2*32 ... '47 ... 3-72 ... 37*48 



No. 2 ... 1-92 ... 76 ... 3-01 ... 2077 



Sheep manure ... ... 1*26 ... '59 ... 2*54 ... 39'66 



Seaweed ... ... ... 1*18 ... "16 ... '93 ... 19-22 



Sugar. Filter press residue 75 ... 2^02 ... ... 63:49 



According to the Annual Report of the 

 Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station 

 for 1910, from which we take the above 

 figures, the filter press residue, known locally 

 as Cachasa, as thrown out from the sugar 

 mills, with its two-thirds contents of water, is 

 worth locally $4 a ton as manure. In the dry 

 state, therefore, it should be worth, roughly, 

 some $12 a ton. 



It must not be forgotten that a great deal 

 of the preliminary application of fertilizers will 

 go to make the tree itself vigorous, giving it 

 free and healthy growth and ample leaf 

 development. Once it has reached that stage 

 the fertilizers will go to increase the fruiting 

 capacity. It is natural that a weakly or badly 

 developed tree cannot produce large crops, so 

 that the first object must be the develop- 

 ment of the palm itself, to enable it to become 

 and to remain in a condition to produce and 

 support a maximum crop. The planter, then, 

 must not be disappointed if the results of the 

 first application of fertilizers are more marked 

 on the tree itself than on the crop. 



