382 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



practical use,' sums up Mr. Walker, "a dryer 

 should therefore be equipped with some sort of 

 a mechanical carrier, which would constantly 

 introduce fresh coco-nut meat at the coolest 

 part of the machine, and then bring it slowly 

 down towards the hottest portion." Compared 

 with the other processes mentioned, the time 

 in which a rotary dryer can be made to extract 

 the moisture is ridiculously small, viz. : 



Method Time 



Sun ... ... ... 5 days. 



Grill (over bamboos) ... 10 to 12 hours. 



Hot-air chamber 3^,, 4 ,, 



Rotary hot-air process ... 2 ,, 3 ,, 



The quantity of the copra produced by the 

 hot-air chamber or shelf system is said to give 

 a superior meat, being perfectly white, dry, of 

 pleasant smell and taste. For oil-making 

 purposes, however, Mr. Walker claims that 

 the rotary apparatus, since it lends itself to a 

 continuous processand requires considerablyless 

 time, is to be specially recommended, although 

 its product does not present quite so pleasing 

 an appearance. This, of course, referred to the 

 crude apparatus made locally and used in the 

 Philippines, compared to which modern inven- 

 tion and mechanical dryers, as shown here, 

 should turn out the copra quickly and 

 satisfactorily in every way. 



It must, of course, be the aim of each indi- 

 vidual planter to construct his drying houses 





