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726. Packing. The beans are put in cases the timber of 

 which will not spoil the aroma of the coffee. 



Prices. Indian and Jamaica Coffee are preferred to all 

 others in Europe. 50 to 90 shillings per cwt. is the price of 

 coffee in London. 



727. Coffee like tea and poppy or any other crop which 

 is grown constantly in the same locality, is subject to many 

 diseases caused by fungi and insects. Exhaustion of soil 

 and heavy manuring are also talked of in connection with 

 coffee cultivation, which .is failing in some localities, especial- 

 ly in Ceylon. 



728. In a well cultivated estate an expenditure of Rs. 80 

 per acre is incurred on superintendence and field-labour, inclu- 

 sive of peeling and freight and an additional Rs. 50 per acre 

 on manures and their application. In some coffee estates a 

 total expenditure of only Rs. 80 per acre is incurred, but the 

 result obtained is proportionately poorer. As half the area 

 is manured annually, the total annual expenditure comes to 

 about Rs. 1 10 per acre in a well kept garden, and the annual 

 average outturn coming to 2\ to 3 cvvts., the crop sold at 

 6os. per cwt. leaves a small margin of profit, while at 40^, 

 per cwt., coffee growing does not pay at all. But in an estate 

 where 50 rupees per acre is spent on manuring every alternate 

 year the average comes to 4 cwts. per acre. Growing of legu- 

 minous crops and application of bones are the manurial 

 treatment recommended. 



729. The Engelberg Huller Company of New York 

 supply all the machinery required for the manufacture of 

 coffee. Their Coffee Huller and Separator No. 5, suitable 

 for small plantations, separates 1,500 to 2,000 Ibs. of cleaned 

 coffee in 10 hours, separating the parchment from the coffee. 

 The price of the machine is 200 dollars. A screen used fof 

 separating dirt, sticks &c., before the berries are put in the 

 pulper is sold for 90 dollars. A Hand-power pulper is sold 

 for 100 dollars. The Coffee washer is made in two sizes, 



