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rupee, and the cost of husking thus comes to about 6 annas 

 per maund. In the case of atap rice where no steaming 

 has to be done, the cost comes to about 5^ annas per maund 

 under the most favourable conditions. The advantage of 

 having rice husked by the Engelberg Huller is thus obvious. 



303. The working parts of the machine being made of 

 chilled steel are extremely substantial. Still the outer coat 

 of the paddy is a very tough substance and no machine can 

 work without undergoing some wear and tear which has been 

 allowed for in the above calculations. The huller-screen 

 (duplicates of which cost only 2 dollars each) is the part of 

 the machine which requires renewing from time to time, say, 4 

 or 5 times every year. The cylinder also is apt to get worn 

 out, and although the blade-adjusting screw helps to keep 

 the space between the blades on the cylinder and the cylinder- 

 shell properly adjusted, the huller cannot be expected to 

 work when the blades get altogether worn out, which they 

 do in 3 or 4 years. These cannot be renewed in this country 

 and a duplicate huller-cylinder costs in New York 20 dollars. 

 The paddy must be fed in the hopper of the huller 

 in the same condition in which it is considered necessary to 

 feed the mortar of the dhenki. In the case of unsteamed 

 paddy, the paddy should be sunned and then spread out for 

 a night in a cool (cemented) floor, before it is husked the 

 next day. The breakage is greater if the paddy is not 

 properly dried in the sun and also if it is in a brittle condi- 

 tion immediately after exposure to the sun in a hot day. In 

 the case of steamed paddy the outturn is nearly 10% more 

 both with the dhenki and with the Engelberg Huller. The 

 produce of steamed rice is on the average 68 per cent, and 

 of unsteamed rice 58 per cent, of the paddy used, a result 

 which is equal to what is obtained with dhenkies. 



304. The Engelberg Huller Company also supply a gear 

 for man-power to drive Huller No. 3, a shaft being moved 

 round by 12 men and the motion communicated to a pulley 



