FACTORY AND MACHINERY 97 



dry Coffee can be spread, if the crop is coming in 

 faster than the drying apparatus can deal with it. 

 The height to the first floor will depend upon the 

 method to be adopted in fixing the shafting, but 

 about 10 ft. will be found sufficient. The height 

 of the second storey need not exceed 6 ft. 



The framework of the building may be of timber 

 or steel. If there is timber on the estate, the former 

 would be the cheaper. If the shafting is to be 

 supported on the building, this must be provided 

 for by making the foundations and framework 

 substantial enough to carry it. 



The building should contain machinery only, the 

 washing tanks for Coffee and Cocoa being outside. 

 A Rubber drying shed would also be separate, as 

 would the stores. Above each machine, on the 

 upper floor, large bins can be built. A pipe from 

 these should come through the ceiling to the 

 machine, and if a regulator be attached to the 

 pipe, the machine can be easily made self-feeding. 

 Coffee to be treated could then be shot into the bins, 

 whence it would run direct into the machines at 

 the proper speed. 



Besides the factory, other buildings are required. 

 These will be a Rubber drying shed, a store for 



