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coco-nut plantation at one and the same time. 

 Here, at least, we cannot be told, as with 

 catch-crops in between rubber, that the sub- 

 sidiary profit is only obtained at the cost of 

 the main crop being thrown back and even 

 reduced in size ; on the contrary, with cattle 

 as a "catch-crop" you hasten your returns 

 and increase the . output when they begin to 

 come along. Above all, it will distribute your 

 risks, and for once we do not think these two 

 "crops" have any pests or ills in common 

 that they can pass; one to the other. In Zam- 

 boanga, we are told, 100 head of cows, with 

 the necessary bulls,, could be purchased in 

 1908 for $2,200. Prices may have gone up 

 or down since then, but whatever the Philip- 

 pine prices now are, they would only affect 

 those islands. Planters in Mexico, Malaya, 

 Trinidad, Jamaica, or elsewhere, in the West 

 Indies or in East or West Africa and other 

 centres, would have to work out their own 

 bill of costs and gains so we leave them 

 to do so but that it is worth trying we are 

 certain. 



Those interested in coco-nut planting in 

 East Africa, who wish to try pig-raising as 

 a side line, may be glad to know that local 

 bacon experts recommend the following 

 types of pigs especially for bacon curing : 

 Berkshire, Berkshire crossed by Large White 

 Yorkshire, Berkshire crossed by Tamworth, 

 Berkshire crossed by Large Black, Large 



