58 COCONUT CULTIVATION 



An estimated profit from this by-product is 

 put as follows : 



2| million nuts gives a net profit of 1,000 



5 3,500 



10 10,000. 



EQUIVALENTS IN OIL (APPROXIMATE) 



A fair average figure for calculating outputs 

 is 5000 nuts per ton of copra. (Trees 30 feet X 

 30 feet = 48 trees per acre.) 



Therefore 



1 ton copra = 62 per cent, oil, 38 per cent, poonac. 

 62 per cent, oil (or 1,390 Ibs.) = 150 gallons (1 gallon 



= 9 Ibs.) 



1 mature tree = 1 gallons oil per annum, and 10 Ibs. coir. 

 1 acre = 70 and 4| cwt. coir. 



3J acres = 240 and f ton coir. 



240 gallons oil = 1 ton oil. 

 500 nuts = 133J Ibs. oil = 1 picul oil. 



In the West Indies 6000 to 7000 nuts, accord- 

 ing to cultivation, is the estimated equivalent of 

 one ton copra. 



