FACTORY AND MACHINERY 99 



Pulper. This is the machine for taking off the 

 outside jacket of the berry, and reducing it to 

 parchment Coffee. The pulper is fitted to a 

 cyclindrical separator, which separates any un- 

 pulped berries that may go through. 



Pump. This should be sufficiently powerful to 

 feed the pulper with water. 



Drier. In our climate it is necessary to 

 resort to artificial methods of drying, as we have 

 always a humid atmosphere, with particularly 

 heavy dews at night. Moreover, Coffee always 

 ripens in the rainy seasons. A good deal of sun- 

 drying can be done, but it is quite impossible to 

 deal with any large amount of Coffee without the 

 aid of a drier. We find artificial drying a cheap 

 process, and one which does no injury to the Coffee. 

 Of a consignment sent home, half sun-dried and 

 half machine-dried, the half treated in the latter 

 way fetched the higher price. We do not believe 

 the sliding roof arrangements, much used in 

 other countries for drying, will be found efficient 

 in our moist climate. The markets want good, 

 bright-coloured Coffee, and quick drying is the 

 only way to secure colour. 



Peeler, Polisher, and Grader. These three 



