CHAPTER XIX. 



The pulping-house The cherry loft The machine platform 

 The cisterns Water supply The pulper The sieve 

 The crusher Revolving buckets Butler's pulper 

 Letter of a Ceylon planter, 1860 The Disc pulper Set- 

 ting the pulper Improvements Iron barrels Walker's 

 patent punching Gordon's breasts Letter from Mr. 

 John Gordon Stores Iron stores Objects required 

 Crop difficulties Mr. Clerihew's system Revolving 

 fans Hot-air apparatus Barbecues Macadam and 

 plaster Asphalte Plenty of drying-ground desirable. 



STORES, PULPING-HOUSES, &c. Before the first 

 crop season has arrived, it is necessary to make 

 preparation for its reception ; in other words, that 

 we should provide suitable buildings for the safe 

 keeping of the crop while still on the estate, and for 

 its being prepared for despatch to the port of ship- 

 ment. These buildings are usually treated of under 

 the heading of Stores and Pulping-Houses. These 

 should be placed as near the middle of the planta- 

 tion as possible, so that the distance the crop will 

 have to be carried may be reduced to a minimum. 

 It will also be desirable that an elevated open 



