Mr. George S. Hudson 175, 
and sewn up the same day.’ Economy would 
be exercised in time and all the advantages 
secured that this saving entails, such as land 
space, expenditure, supervision, labour, pilfer- 
ing, and wastage. The building need not be an 
expensive one ; its capacity to “deal with a crop. 
would be in proportion to the size of the sweat- 
ing boxes and the vacuum or machine dryer, and 
“it should turn out the highest possible grade of 
cacao in the most unfavourable climatic con- 
ditions. Vacuum and machine drying and 
polishing will be dealt with in their place in 
this essay, also the non-advisability of washing 
or grading cacao. 
State SweaTING Boxes. 
Before leaving the subject of sweating box 
construction it will be useful to mention some 
experiments on the writer’s part to provide 
a smooth, continuous and more cleanly surface 
for the interior of sweating boxes than wooden. 
boards. It is obvious to anyone with experi- 
ence in this matter, and Dr. Nicholls has also 
commented on it from a bacterial point of view,. 
that the worn surface and crevices of boards 
form an ideal breeding place for mildew and. 
other undesirable germs which persist and 
multiply even when the boxes are empty. 
‘No matter how pressed for time, however, the cacao- 
must be absolutely cooled before being bagged, other- 
.wise it will develop exterior. moulds.—H. H. S. 
