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Show The climate from Ma Batten sou t h la said to be Ideal for a row Ing the oocoanut palm. Ita llfs a veragae about etghty veers and it bears when about eight years old It la aaid that a good tree will bear annually a hundred or mora nuts, which bring retail about 4 cent gold each, and return an average of I2.S0 profit a year. Uncleared land sails far ili.lt), cleared for U an acrv Land with trees ftvs years old can be bought for $s0 an aore. The trees era planted about thirty fsst apart and about seventy sev-enty treee to the acre. The two foea of the cocoanut palm are tna worm called "rosador ' and the busj "mallets, ahleh are said to be easily combated The oocoanut industry apparently haa a good future- A local company le reported re-ported as having recently sold 110S acres to Investors, and one hacienda la aaid to have purchased recently forty ton of tha nuts for planting. Ths freight on cocoa-nut cocoa-nut ahlpmeifta from Masstlan. nlnahra. to San Francleco, Cel.. la SO oatrta gold a !"' Consular report from Maxlco |