130 THE PREPARATION OF COPRA 



Panama, 4,000 to 5,000 ; and in East Africa, 7,000. 

 The Cult of the Coconut says that 4,000 to 5,000 

 full-sized nuts produce about one ton of copra, 

 which, in its turn, yields from 1,344 to 1,563 Ib. 

 of oil or fat, and from 672 Ib. to 896 Ib. of residue, 

 which is manufactured into cattle food. The 

 result of an expert German test showed that 

 4,448 ordinary or mixed nuts, or 3,703 selected 

 nuts, were required to produce approximately the 

 same result. Finally, the nuts of some specially 

 favoured districts, such as San Bias, on the Atlantic 

 side of Panama, and Gorgona, on the Pacific side, 

 required only about 2,000 to the ton of copra. 



