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by them to the Secretary where steps will immediately be taken 

 to enforce the regulations. 



The report of the Inspector on the Coconut wor'k, Sr. Daniel 

 Niele, from Aoigust to January shows that 276 farms had been 

 inspected, comprising some 4,600 acres. All this area lies within 

 the Barrios of Sitio, Cabaicu, Guiniao, Guandao, Velazquez anid 

 Duaba, in the district of Baracoa. 



Baraeoa, the center of the Coconut industry has been the 

 locality for the most active work in the inspection. However, the 

 work is not to be confined to this district but will include the 

 whole Island. 



The Inspector at Baraeoa has been requested to formulate 

 plans and obtain estimates of the expense of maintaining a 

 government nursery for coconut seedlings, with the idea of pro- 

 vidimg selected seedlings to those planters who have suffered 

 great losses from the coconut disease. 



Many planters of Baraeoa have become 'discouraged from 

 planting coconuts, and have instead planted bananas and cacao, 

 both good crops. However, even with those crops, coconuts shouLd 

 not be given up as it can be made a paying business in spite of, 

 this disease. 



Some of the Baraeoa people claim they have tried the 

 metjiods recommended by the Commission but without success. 

 Where this method has been a failure it has been because it was 

 not properly carried out. The essentials of the methods of control 

 of the coconut budrot as recommended by the Commission of 

 Plant Sanitation are as follows : 



(1) The diseased coconut trees must either be destroyed or 

 severely flamed in the tegimvmg of the disease, as well 

 as in the later stages. 



(2.) All the diseased trees in any locality must be so 

 treated. 



People must not wait until a tree is dead before thej- decide 

 to cut it down. 



It must be remembered that to allow diseased trees to remam 

 untreated is causing a loss not only to themselves but to their 

 neighbor. 



