2i6 Coffee Planting. 



down, and thus prevent the spouting from getting 

 choked. With a sufficient supply of water some 

 100 to 150 imperial bushels an hour may, in this 

 manner, be despatched to the pulping-house. 



In laying spouting for this purpose, it is necessary 

 to see that the gradient and curves are even and 

 equable. If one portion be very steep, and the next 

 nearly level, the cherry will rush quickly down the 

 first, and get choked up in the latter part ; and the 

 same difficulty will be liable to happen at every 

 curve of too angular a nature. It will often be 

 necessary to raise the spouting on posts, in order 

 to bring it across nullahs and hollows to the next 

 rising ground. Where it lies on the ground, it must 

 be firmly pegged down to prevent its rolling out of 

 position. Two stakes driven firmly into the ground, 

 one at each side, crossing and tied together at the 

 top, will effect this object. 



That part of the cherry-loft of the pulping-house 

 into which the coffee is thus immediately conveyed, 

 must, of course, be provided with a grating to allow 

 the water to escape ; and, moreover, should water 

 not be particularly plentiful, that which has thus 

 far done duty may be still further utilized by being 

 turned in either to help the water-wheel, or to feed 

 the pulpers. 



Ripe cherry coffee should always be pulped as 

 soon as brought into the store. If left heaped up 



