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Barbecues.—The clear area of drying-ground should be equal to three 
days’ picking at least. : 
On an average there will be two dryings every week—38}4 days each. 
Three days’ picking will give as follows :— 
5 acres—2,700 lb. berries, at 52°/,, give 1,400 lb. pulped; area, 360 sq. ft. 
20 ,, 10,800 + i. 5,600 vt IEE) yp 
50 ” 27,000 bP) ”? 14,000 re) ” 3,600 ” 
A bushel of coffee spread 1 inch deep covers 153 square feet. 
Sheds.—These should bé erected to the south of the drying-ground, to 
receive the coffee at night or during rain, and have sufficient flooring-space to 
prevent heating. Vor 5 acres— 240 square feet, and so on, in relative proportion. 
Motive Power.—Unless there are good reasons for adopting some other 
power, whether the supply of water be ample or moderate, the horse-geared 
attachment has many advantages. It is cheap, clean, and simple, and it has 
to be borne in mind the short time the pulper is in use daily for a few months 
of the year only. 
Trays, §¢e.—The writer has patented an improved rake, manipulated to 
give entire satisfaction. It can be adapted for use on the barbecues ; but 
where these do not exist, portable galvanised iron trays, specially constructed, 
are substituted for the barbecues. The coffee is kept at an even level, and the 
raking thoroughly aerates every bean, which quickens the drying—an im- 
portant point. The triage loss by overcured and burnt coffee is practically 
nil. In sudden change of weather, the trays with contents are quickly got 
under cover, and the shed accommodation is reduced to about one-third. It is 
almost unnecessary to add that the trays with rakes, &¢ , do not cost one-half 
of the amount required to be expended upon properly finished barbecues with 
their low dividing-walls, channelling, &e., &e. 
