Index 



629 



Maize as a catch-crop, 81, 83, 103, 

 128, 314, 327 ; or legumes after 

 clearing, 162 



Malabar Coast copra v. others, 

 1 6, 17 ; and horse-breeding, 501 



Malabar copra, 366 ; best, 369 



Malacca Planters' Association and 

 estate inspectors, 263 



Malaita (Solomon Isles) boys and 

 their pay, 495 



Malaita Co. in the Solomons, the, 

 489, 49 r, 492 



Malaita Island and its labour, 495 



Malaya and coco-nut cat, 182 



Malaya and horse-breeding, 501 ; 

 area planted in coco-nuts, 46; cost 

 of an estate in, 5 ; cost of clearing 

 land, 205 ; cultivation in, 46 ; 

 export of copra, 47 ; has a second 

 string in coco-nuts, 46 ; nurseries 

 in, 1 86 ; prices of nuts, 48 ; 

 profits in, 6, 7 ; v. Micronesia for 

 planting, 8 



Maldives and rat?, 217 



Mamara cotton, where it originated, 

 491 



Mamara estate (Solomons), 491 



Manager and petty worries, the, 4; 

 and staff, the, 4 ; and staff, sports 

 and pastimes for the, 5 ; and 

 staff, the housing of the, 4 ; and 

 the labourers, the, 3 



Managers and superintendents, 2, 3 



Manchuria and Soya oil, 530 



Mandor, the, 213 



Mangoes as shade trees for nur- 

 serieSj 186 



Manila hemp and coco-nuts, 1 1, 90, 

 93,430, 431, 556 ; as catch-crop, 

 81 ; for B.N. Borneo, 430, 431, 

 433 ; hemp waste for paper 

 making, 433 ; yield and profit, 

 98 



Manila Journal of Science, 280 



Manila tests with copra drying, 



36; 

 Manimanihan (Alysicarpus sp.}, 



127 

 Manioc ; see. Tapioca 



Mansell, Alfred, on cattle-breeding, 

 342, 343 



Manure, a formula sent to Jamaica, 

 319 ; a formula that did well, 316 ; 

 do not oveido it, 299, 466 ; 

 formula for older estates, 317; 

 for the tree as well as the crop, 

 298, 299; how and why to, 41, 

 466 ; it pays to, 465 ; only cer- 

 tain trees, 466 ; needed when 

 copra and coir are both re- 

 moved, 475 ; the value of cattle 

 manure, 43 ; used for Coral Island 

 trees, 439 ; well with cover and 

 catch crops, 444 ; when not to 

 466 



Manuring, 279 ; advantage of, 206 ; 

 and roots, 61, 62 ; cereals v. 

 coco-nuts, 466 ; discourages leaf 

 disease, 246 ; doubled the yield, 

 316 ; experiment carefully first, 

 467 ; for seedlings, 464 ; im- 

 portance in Fiji, 466 ; gains by 

 scientific, 11 ; gives bigger nuts 

 and larger yields, 312; importance 

 or j 33! in Philippine?, 94; its 

 definition, 41 : little and often 

 best, 311; must be adequate, 69 ; 

 overdoses increase crop but kill 

 the trees, 467 ; not understood 

 . in German colonies, 126 ; no 

 two centres or estates the same, 

 279 ; nurseries, 287 I palms, how 

 to do it, 310; the last word re, 

 597, 600 ; trebles the yield, 264 ; 

 two formulas for 4-year trees, 

 and those yielding, 315; when 

 planting out, 464 ; young palms 

 respond most, 311 



Manures for sandy soil, 318 ; loamy 

 soil, 319; clay soil, 319; when 

 artificials have most effect, 303 



Margarine and oil, 532 



Markets, local and overseas, 373 



Marquesas v. Samoa copra, the, 447 



Marseilles takes bulk of Zanzibar 

 copra, 52 



Marshalls Isles v. Samoa copra, 

 the, 447 



