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that there is much increased expenditure in bags, carriage 
to place of shipment, and freight to port of sale. Only 
about 30 per cent, of clean coffee can be obtained from 
the dried berries, and so one has to deal with 70 per cent 
of what is nearly a waste product. 
I have recently had some interesting correspondence, 
about this matter, with Mr. W. A. BROWN, a manufac- 
turer of coffee machinery in Lynn, Mass., U. S. A. Mr. 
BROWN has made some valuable calculations which I 
cannot do better than quote in extenso. He says ; — 
" Suppose a planter has in his bins 1000 pounds of un- 
hulled coffee. He asks, How can I, get the most for it. 
If he ships it here unhulled, the charges are, freight on 
1000 pounds, and 1 cent per pound on 1000 pounds for 
hulling, cleaning, sizing, selling, &c, &c. Now we 
will assume for argument that the freight is worth $15 
per ton of 2000 pounds or | of a cent per pound ; then 
it stands thus : — 
1000 lbs. unhulled coffee yield say 300 lbs. 
clear coffee at 14c... ... ... $ 42 00 
700 lbs. hulls yield say 600 lbs. free from 
dirt &c. at 2c. ... ... ... 12 00 
$ 54 00 
Hulling, sizing, bagging and selling 1000 lbs. 
unhulled ... ... ...$ 10 oo 
Freight on iooo lbs. in hull ... ... 7 50 17 50 
Net result $ 36 50 
or 12c, per pound for the clean coffee 
Now, suppose the planter cleans it himself, he then 
has, we will say : — 
300 lbs. at 14c. ... ... ••• S 42 00 
Cost of cleaning not less than 3c. per lb. ...$ 9 00 
Freight on 300 lbs. at -+c. ... ... 2 25 1 1 25 
Net result % 30 75 
