132 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



description here. If the copra must be dried by fire in- 

 stead of by the sunshine, it should be kept free from smoke. 

 The collection of tuba is even better known in the Philip- 

 pines than the making of copra. Coir is a valuable prod- 

 uct which is usually wasted. It is a remarkably elastic 

 fiber, but that of old nuts is very coarse and harsh. It 

 must be extracted by machinery, and this cannot be done 

 profitably on a small scale. 



