562 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



Modern requirements demand that no by- 

 product, especially one available on the 

 immense scale that coco-nut husks are in the 

 Philippines and elsewhere, should be wasted. 

 It may not pay to do anything else with them 

 except use them as fuel for drying the copra ; 

 but at the same time planters, before using 

 them for such a purpose, would do well to first 

 see if they cannot manufacture fibre from them 

 to pay, either as an individual enterprise if 

 their estate is large enough, or, what would 

 be better probably, if all the estates joined 

 together and erected a big central factory for 

 the purpose. We, therefore, again include 

 some illustrated notes on the subject, as we 

 feel it is an important one, and worthy of 

 careful consideration. It will be noticed, on 

 comparison with the first edition, that this 

 section has been entirely rewritten and brought 

 up to date, and as at the time of going to 

 press further improved machinery was being 

 prepared, our readers will do well to follow 

 the matter up and apply to the makers for 

 photographs and particulars of these new 

 machines, which we, unfortunately, cannot 

 wait to include. 



As stated before, fibre engineers, especially 

 those working to perfect coir fibre machinery, 

 are the first to agree that, although great im- 

 provements have been introduced during the 

 last few years, perfection has not been reached, 

 and so they are devoting their energies to 



