vi CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



LAYING OTTT A COCOA PLANTATION 



Wind-breaks — Trees suitable for wind-belts — Clearing land for 

 cocoa cultivation-T-Plotting out the plantation — Roads — Drainage — 

 Distance apart to plant cocoa trees — Lining — Holing . pp. 22 -28 



CHAPTER VT 

 SHADING AND INTER-CROPS FOR COCOA 



Permanent shade for cocoa trees — The merits and demerits of different 

 shade-trees — Pitheoolobium Saman — Temporary shade for young 

 cocoa trees — Bananas or Plantains — Cassava or Manioc — 

 Chillies pp. 29-34 



CHAPTER VTI 

 PROPAGATION 



Bean selection — Packing and transport of cocoa beans — Nurseries 

 — Bean sowing — Budding — Grafting and treatment of grafted plants 



pp. 35-44 



CHAPTER VIII 

 PLANTING, CULTIVATING, AND PRUNING 



Planting — Cultivating — Manurial value of weeds — Pernicious weeds 

 — Leguminous cover-plants — Pruning — When and how to prune — 

 Antisepticisation of pruning-wounds .... pp. 45-82 



CHAPTER IX 

 MANURING 



Reasons for manuring — The economical application of manures — 

 Manurial experiments — Animal manures — Artificial manures — 

 Vegetable manures — Lime ...... pp. 53-65 



CHAPTER X 



RESULTS OF MANURIAL EXPERIMENTS IN VARIOUS 

 COUNTRIES 



Increased yields obtained from the application of manures in Do- 

 minica, Grenada, Trinidad, St. Lucia, Ceylon . . pp. 66-75 



