ABSTRACT

Coconut oil is utilized in the manufacture of nut butter or margarine, lard, soap, candles and other articles. Out of the hurricane belt, as is the Malay Peninsula, coconut cultivation is one of the safest forms of tropical agriculture, and the history of the palm makes this incontrovertible. In order to encourage the cultivation of coconuts in favourably situated districts on the east coast of the Peninsula, the Government of Pahang grants land in blocks of 2,000 acres, on specially low terms to approved applicants. The Malay Peninsula is admirably served by roads and railways, and ocean liners, coasting steamers and local sailing cargo craft, so that excellent facilities are afforded for the transport of produce; therefore, given ordinary forethought in his initial investigations, the intending planter cannot materially err in choosing his land. Climbing the tree for the collection of the fruit is one of the best methods of gathering.