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                         Bureau of Agriculture.


                        Farmer's Bulletin No. 8.

                              THE COCOANUT

             With Reference to Its Products and Cultivation
                          in the Philippines.



                                   By

                            WILLIAM S. LYON,

                In charge of Division of Plant Industry.


                                Manila:
                       Bureau of Public Printing.
                                 1903.





CONTENTS.


                                                 Page.

    Letter of transmittal                           4
    Introduction                                    5
    History                                         5
    Botany                                          6
    Uses                                            6
        Copra and cocoanut oil                      6
        Coir                                       10
        Tuba                                       12
        Minor uses                                 13
    Cultivation                                    14
        Selection of location                      14
        The soil                                   16
        Seed selection                             17
        Planting                                   18
        Manuring                                   21
        Irrigation                                 27
    Harvest                                        28
    Enemies                                        28
    Remedies                                       29
    Renovation of old groves                       30
    Conclusion                                     30





LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


Bureau of Agriculture,

                                             Manila, June 1, 1903.

Sir: In responding to numerous inquiries about the cocoanut, its
uses, cultivation, and preparation for market, I have prepared,
by your direction, the accompanying bulletin, which is intended to
cover the general field of the inquiries addressed to this Bureau,
and herewith submit the same, with the recommendation that it be
published as Farmers' Bulletin No. 8.


    Respectfully,

        Wm. S. Lyon,
        In Charge of