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COFFEE : ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



It may be as well, perhaps, to add the prices, 

 which are : 



If, however, the estate is large and forward enough 

 a " company estate," for instance, of a thousand 

 or two of acres to demand its own private build- 

 ings, and mills for pulping, drying, sorting, &c., 

 then elaborate machinery has to be established. 

 It is not possible here to go into technical archi- 

 tectural details of the buildings required, but 

 Messrs. Gordon having kindly supplied us with 

 particulars of the latest and most approved forms 

 of pulping sheds, we give the accompanying out- 

 lines, feeling sure that a diagram will convey a 

 much clearer impression than many pages of print. 

 Here it will be seen, to begin with, that cherry 

 arrives on the head of a coolie entering the loft by 

 a level gangway instead of having to toil up a 

 ladder or steps, who puts down his load where it 

 can conveniently be sent below to the pulper, 

 taking his brass cheque for quantity delivered in 

 return. Towards this end these buildings are 



