The Cocoanut: With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines

by William Scrugham Lyon

• 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 Division of Plant Industry.