54 COCONUTS, KERNELS, AND CACAO. 



The following are approximate yields obtained from 

 different kinds of ground nuts : 



The last three kinds are shipped decorticated, and 

 consequently undergo changes rendering the taste in- 

 different and the cake inferior. The cake left after the 

 expression of the oil is a valuable feeding stuff for cattle 

 and other animals. 



The following analyses of various feeding cakes are 

 stated below : 



In Senegal, where, with one set of six decorticating 

 machines worked either by a locomotive or a portable 

 engine, 5 tons of nuts in the shell were decorticated per 

 hour, with the result that out of 280 tons treated 199 tons 



