Index 



621 



418, 439, 531, 550, 557; oil and 

 residue in, 529 ; oil, world produc- 

 tion, 531 ; sale price in Ceylon, 

 417 ; steam heat riot a success, 

 379 ; sun-dried v. mechanically 

 dried, 53, 474 ; temperature to 

 dr y> S 6 ?, 380, 407 ; the cost of 

 making, 410 ; to nuts, 418, 419 ; 

 trading in the past, 370 ; two 

 pests attacking, 276 ; value of, 

 17; varieties compared, 16, 17; 

 v. nuts for sale, 357 ; relative 

 values, 52, 472 ; v. fibre or coir, 

 with the nuts, 561 ; v. oil and 

 cake exports, 475 ; weight com- 

 pared to nuts, 7, 8, 526, 527 ; 

 when to pick for best " meat," 

 67 ; which desiccation is best, 

 361 ; will thinning out nuts in- 

 crease percentage of? 440 ; yield 

 of oil per ton, 69 ; yield per acre 

 in Samoa, 418, 438 ; per hectare, 

 134 ; yield per tree, 416 



Coral Islands, all lands planted in 

 the, 447 ; and the growth of their 

 trees, 439; need explosives, 439 



Coral sub-soil broken by explosives, 

 516, et seq. 



Corn ; see Maize 



Corozos nuts in Mexico, 152 



Costa Rica Bulletin and poultry, 117 



Cost of a coco-nut estate, The, I ; 

 of bringing estate into bearing 

 in F. M. S., 416, 417 ; of cattle 

 in Panama, 117; of planting 

 in Malaya, 5, 594; of land in 

 Solomons, 495 ; of felling, 495 ; 

 of recruited labour, 495 ; of laying 

 out an estate in P. I., 90, 91, 95 ; 

 of running an estate in Portuguese 

 East Africa, 41 2; of making copra, 

 the, 410 ; of planting in Micro- 

 nesia (German), 8 ; of planting 

 in Philippines, 98 



Cotton, 128; and coco-nuts, 93 ; as 

 catch-crop, 81, 200,470; between 

 coco-nuts, 36 ; cake, value of, 

 606 ; does well in New Hebrides; 

 435 ; Sea Island and and P.I., 90 



Couch grass, an excellent fodder, 

 443 ; in Samoa, 470, 130 



Cover-crops, 66, 327 ; and mulches 

 for the Philippines, 127, 126; for 

 mulching, 324, 325 ; and lalang, 

 929 



Cowpeas probably best green 

 manure in Fiji, 468 ; liked by 

 cattle, fowls, and labourers, 468 



Cows' milk, cost in Panama, 116 



Crabs, 92 



Crops, analyses of plant food 

 removed by, 42 ; cure for falling 

 off of, 299 ; frequency of collec- 

 tion, 67 



Crotalaria striata, 66 ', v. cattle, 

 44, 45 ; as a cover-crop, 37 ; 

 under coco-nuts, 301 



Crowded planting in Philippines, 



553 



Crows, 14 



Crushing the husks, 455 

 Cuba and bud-rot, 71, 239, 252 

 Cuba has great possibilities, 72 ; 



neglects its palms, 71 ; suitable 



for coco-nuts, 71 

 Cuba Review on coco-nuts, 72 

 Cucumbers for catch-crops, 115, 



116 

 Cultivation by machines v. hand, 



411 ; importance of thorough, 



33 ; how care pays, 602 ; and 

 , neglect costs money, 123 ; L. C. 



Brown on cost of, 415, 416 

 Cultivation in Ceylon, 33 ; its many 



advantages, 93, 264 ; sets free soil 



bacteria, 321 



"Curing" seed-nuts, 179, 185 

 Cyclone belts : avoid them, 28 



Daily Mail on the shortage of 



horses, the, 505 

 Dairy experts approve of poonac, 



359 

 Dam pier on coco-nut tapping in 



1686, 540 

 Davao (Philippine Islands), cost of 



labour, 88 ; Planters' Association 



(Philippine Islands), 90 



