Copra and its Preparation 393 



The motive power with both the " Haraka" 

 and " Hamel Smith "machines can be supplied 

 by means of steam, gas, or oil engine, by 

 bullock or other animals, electric or windmill 

 power. The gear is so regulated that the 

 drum cannot be turned fast enough to damage 

 the contents. Now that the tendency is for 

 large estates and joint working under com- 

 panies, it becomes imperative to find and instal 

 methods which will handle and produce copra 

 in bulk and turn out large quantities (say 1,000 

 tons or more in a month) of the finest quality 

 in the shortest possible time. 



While it has truly been said that the recent 

 development of the plantation rubber industry 

 on so phenomenal a scale has been unprece- 

 dented in the annals of industrial or economical 

 agriculture, yet the possibilities of the coco-nut 

 planting industry seem likely to prove hardly 

 less so, at least so far as increased output of 

 plantation kinds is concerned, and of late all 

 the signs certainly point that way. The well- 

 advertised and much vaunted properties of 

 the soya-bean do not and cannot come into 

 direct competition with coco-nuts. Both are 

 necessary, one cannot be used instead of the 

 other ; those therefore wishing to push ahead 

 with their coco-nut lands need have no fear 

 of competition from soya-beans. 



To those needing very large installations we 

 would suggest the following designs, and, so 

 far as space permits, will do our best to 

 explain their possibilities and advantages. 



