ABSTRACT
In Malaya, coconuts are cultivated for the most part in the neighborhood of the sea coast; moderately extensive native-owned plantations, however, occur along the banks of some of the larger rivers, particularly the Pahang river, in the districts of Pekan and Temerloh. Cultivation is divided between estates and smallholding, the latter considerably predominating. In Malaya, it is nowhere the practice to apply fertilizers to coconuts and experiments carried out by the Department of Agriculture indicate that on heavy soils application of manures under existing conditions does not give remunerative increases in yield. Oil palms in Malaya are cultivated exclusively as an estate crop and there are no small-holdings; in the majority of the Malay States, alienation of less than 200 acres for plantation under the crop is not permitted. Cultivation is mainly confined to the States of Perak, Selangor and Johore, with smaller areas in Negri Sembilan, Pahang and Kelantan.
