“Nut-Fall” Experiments
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In B.S.I.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Tulagi, Oct. 10.
Ever since the creation of an Agricul tural Committee, and the arrival of Mr.
Lever to take an officially scientific inter est in the coconut palm, experiments have been under way to solve the “nut-fall” and other planters’ problems.
More extensive experiments are now be ing carried out. One of Lever’s best, and one of the poorest-bearing plantations, has been equipped with sun-gauges (and se lected trees with thermometers), the re cords of which are being kept with a view to comparison, which may throw further light on the coconut problems. Rainfall records have been kept since the firm started operations here.