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THE COCO-NUT 



CHAP. II 



prospective use of fertilizers, it should be remembered 

 that the best natural conditions are likely to be those 

 under which the profitable use of fertilizers is most 

 difficult. For the moving water in the soil, which 

 brings to the trees a natural supply of food, will like- 

 wise tend to carry away from them the food which 

 may be artificially applied about their roots. 



