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f I should certainly have used this machine’this fall when putting cane down 
oF Seed, and for planting, had we been able to have secured it, as this machine- 
*complishes the same results that are accomplished by the grubbing hoe, which 
Mts the canes off down in the ground. 
. Of course there are details of construction and of design, and some 
tPtovements, which must be made, but the improvements will probablyzbe 
orthcoming, 
5 A COCOANUT ANALYSIS, 
HERAL Northern cultivators have planted cocoanuts on their estates, and the: 
“partment of Agriculture has also made plantations on various islands on the: 
ae ern coast. The prevailing idea with most persons unacquainted with 
nature of the cocoanut palm is that the nut need only be buried in the: 
ne Sand to germinate and rapidly grow into a fine tree. As a matter of 
ie the palm demands more nutritious food than is to be found in sea sand; and 
; ls'8 shown clearly by the following analysis made by Dr. I. Bachofen, who is: 
charge of Mr. A. Bain’s chemical laboratory at the Ceylon manure works, 
* Bain says :-— 
=o, hough there exist several analyses of parts of the cocoanut, no one seems: 
i have undertaken the task of getting a complete analysis made with a view of 
‘Scertaining the actual demand made by the cocoanut upon the mineral consti-- 
Vents of the soil. Yet this knowledge is of paramount importance to those: 
pene mm for manuring, owing to the different customs which prevail, either of 
*porting the whole or only part of the nut. i 
mie o™ glad, therefore, to have the opportunity of supplying those interested 
> OR 4 complete analysis executed by Dr. F. Bachofen, in charge of my chemical 
ratory. Together with the analysis will be tound a table showing the 
Hautes of the more important constituents removed by 1,000 cocoanuts from. 
801] -— ; 
Sy ANALYSIS OF THE COCONUT. 
Husk. Shell. Kernel. Milk. 
| TotalweightinIb, Ve 2°702 0°46 0°875 0°93 
re. ,,  inpercent.  ... .. se | 57°28 11°59 1854 | 12°58 
{Moisture’in per cent. 2. | 6555 | 1520 | 52-80 
| a p. Matter in percent....  ...  -. 4 34°44 84°80 47°20 
a bees: ash in percent. ... ety “53 a: - 1°63 0°29 0:79 0°38 
- ntaining, viz. :— 
Silica, SiO, Med MA SRD halt) Sf 8:22 464 1:31 295 
= Tce of iron and a'umina, Fe.O, Al,O;  ... 0°54 1:39 0°59 trace 
_ uime, Cad Loe Re tae eee Pas 414 6 26 3°10 7°43 
Magnesia, MgO! Commerce © ce Shoe sei 219 1:32 1:98 3:97 
gatash, K, RS EU IME DIR FRR. 30°71 45°01 45°84 8°62 
v* pes Na,O GH et oS Iye Ar ade 3:19 15-42 
|  _—_ gotassium chloride, KCl ae ie ut be he 13°04 41:09 
Ra dium chloride, NaCl... 20... eee tee 45°95 15°56 5:01 26°32 
hosphoric acid, PsO5 v0 0 eee as 1:92 4-64 20°33 5°68 
Hi phGrichacid ASO sie et a abee nerve 3°13 575 8°79 3°94 
ia 100-00 99:99 99°99 100-00 
Containing total potash, K.O... 0. oe 30°71 45-01 54-05 34°54 
Containing nitrogen, N etait “ae ae 01137 07100 0504 
fol Thus, of the more important ingredients of the soil, 1,000 nuts remove the: 
a 
In Ib. : Husk. Shell. Kernel. Mi Totallb. ~ 
Mtoe, Nace ae sen | B7OIT |} 054601 44100] | BUST 
PypeBhoric acid, ByO, 2... 2. |_O'B456 | 0-0735 | 14053 | O-td79 | Br4593 
h Peak DT) 135958 | 7127 | 3-7362 | 0-7783 | 18-7597" 
asad LE) tease) o-cnat | ots | odera | “2 80us 
Iu chloridé, NaGi 2). TL | 20-9875 | 02464 | 03563 | 0°5431 | 21-4233. 
