Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . Northerncompanies arefinding someprofit in ex-ploiting suchnatural re-sources of Pa-nama as areavailable intheir wildstate. Of thesethe most prom-ising is rubber,the tree beingfound in prac-tically everypart of thecountry. ^ One concern, the Boston-Panama Company, has anestate approximating 400 square miles on whichare about 100,000 wild rubber trees, and which. WAITING FOR THE BOAT COUNTRY HOUSE OF A CACAO PLANTER AT CHORIAThis industry is in its infancy in Panama, but promises to be a considerable resource is beir g further developed by the plan
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . Northerncompanies arefinding someprofit in ex-ploiting suchnatural re-sources of Pa-nama as areavailable intheir wildstate. Of thesethe most prom-ising is rubber,the tree beingfound in prac-tically everypart of thecountry. ^ One concern, the Boston-Panama Company, has anestate approximating 400 square miles on whichare about 100,000 wild rubber trees, and which. WAITING FOR THE BOAT COUNTRY HOUSE OF A CACAO PLANTER AT CHORIAThis industry is in its infancy in Panama, but promises to be a considerable resource is beir g further developed by the planting ofbananas, pineapples, cocoanuts and other tropical,fruits. Coffee, sugar and cacao are raised on the Isth-mus, but of the two former not enough to supplythe local demand. The development of the cacaoindustry to large proportions seems probable, asseveral foreign corporations are experimenting on aconsiderable scale. Cocoanuts are easily grownalong both coasts of the Isthmus. A new grovetakes about five years to come into bearing, costingan average of about three dollars a tree. Once es-tablished the trees bring in a revenue of about onedollar each at present prices and, as the demand forPanama cocoanuts is steady, the industry seems tooffer attractive possibilities. The groves must benear the coast, as the cocoanut tree needs salt au-to reach its best estate. Given the right atmos-pheric condit
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