Index 



625 



Gordon, Sir Arthur (in 1877), in- 

 quiries about the L. iridescent in 

 Fiji, 477 



Grass a danger, 206, 301 



Grass " felting " the soil, 129 ; 

 land, the clearing of, 160 ; roots, 

 bad for nurseries, 184; harmful, 

 161 



Green and yellow nuts the com- 

 monest, 557 ; nuts spread bud- 

 rot, 240 



Green manure as humus, 298 



Green manures for root-disease, 264 ; 

 in Fiji, 468 ; when they must be 

 used, 301 



" Green Spanish " palms hardy and 

 disease-resisting, 265 



Gremer's Rubber News (F.M.S.) 

 on " Farming with Dynamite," 



5M 



Ground nuts (Arachis hypogcea), an 

 ideal catch-crop, 332; as catch 

 or cover-crop, 66, 81, 83, 127, 

 335; for British "North Borneo, 

 434 ; oil, extraction of, 526, 530, 



537 



Grove, Captain, 225 

 Guadalcanar Island and coco-nuts, 



489 



Guam (S. Seas) and palm sugar, 436 

 Guano, contents of Peruvian, 306 ; 



of fish, 306 



Guava trees as dividing belts, 201 

 Guinea grass, cattle, &c., in 

 Panama, 1 17 ; in Philippines, 344 ; 

 grows well in Fiji, 471 ; recom- 

 mended as a fodder, 471 



" Hamel-Smith" Dryer, the, 392 

 Hand-power spraying machine 



(Weeks'), illus., 580 

 Hanking machine, 572 

 " Haraka " Dryer, the, 391 

 Harman (Samoa), Mr., on Ceylon 



and Solomons pests, 497 

 Harrows for cogon land, 207 

 Hawaii estates, Samoan nuts best 



for, 123 

 Heavy clays, avoid, 26 



Height of palms, 30, 107 

 Hernandez, F. L. (Mexico), 150 

 High land or elevated estates, the 



question of, 25 

 Hill-paddy or rice, 128 

 " History and cause of Bud-rot, 



The " (Johnston's book), 238 

 Hog-products, good prospects for, 



343, 344; (bacon) products 128 



per cent, deaier, 156; imports 



into U.K., 344 

 Hogs in Mexico, 156 ; in Panama, 



1 1 6 ; in Tropics v. England, 1 18 ; 



meat dear in Europe, 503 ; with 



coco-nuts, cause of dislike of, 



157 ; see also Pigs 

 Holes, after planting out, filling in, 



65, 464 

 Holes and holing discussed, 65, 



462, 463 ; how to make them, 



201 ; size for planting, 34, 201, 



202 ; see also Planting out 

 Honolulu, elevated estates in, 25 

 Home, Mr. J., on L. iridescens in 



Fiji, 477 



Horse bean, 66 



Horses, advantages of distributing 

 breeding centres, 501, et seq. ; in- 

 creasing insufficiency of, 504, 

 et seq. ,* Mr. A. L. Hutchison's 

 Delft (Ceylon) pony, 502, 503 ; 

 1913 a bad year in U.K., 505 ; 

 number shrinking in U.K., 498, 

 et seq. ; v. automobiles, 498 ; why 

 they should be bred on coco- 

 nut estates, 500 



Hot-air drying, 381 ; for copra, a 

 building described, 379 



Housing of labour, 21 1 ; of the 

 manager and staff, 4 



Humus, a benefit to the palms, 45 ; 

 advantage of, 26 



Hurricanes, avoid such localities, 

 28 ; Papua free of, 79 



Husking, central stations v. local 

 heaps, 137; in Malaya, rate of, 

 89 ; mechanical, 564 ; nuts, 384, 



564 ; by iron and wood spikes, 



565 ; cost in Philippine Islands, 



