Ii8 COCONUT CULTIVATION 



The average price of nuts delivered to buyer's 

 boat at plantation is approximately as follows : 



Selects or Standards $32 per thousand. 



Culls $25 



Copra from Rejects is mostly pressed into oil 

 on the plantation, and sells at about 5s. per 

 gallon. 



The value of Poonac or Residue Meal, as a 

 cattle feed and manure, is equal in value to the 

 factory charges in pressing the relative bulk of 

 Copra into oil. 



The Coconut Oil obtained is almost clear 

 profit. 



The following is an average scale of working 

 costs : 



Picking 60 cents per 1000 nuts. 



Husking 40 



Breaking and extracting Copra ... 9 100 Ibs. 



green copra. 



Selecting 6 1000 nuts. 



Filling, sewing bags, loading, cart- 

 ing on shore from store to boat 10 ,, ,, ,, 



Collecting in field 40 



Carting from field to shore, wear 



and tear of rolling and live stock 40 ,, ,, 



Or From tree to boat $2.00 per 1000 nuts. 



An additional $5 should amply cover the costs 

 of Production , Cultivation, Up-keep, Depreciation, 

 and Management Charges, thus making a total 

 All-in cost of $7.00 (1 9s. 2d.) per 1000 nuts. 



