Copra Driers In B.S.I.
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Tulagi, Nov. 29.
IN the interests of better copra, a scheme is mooted to erect specimen hot air driers, for demonstration purposes, on Makambo Is. If the scheme comes to fruition it will have great educational value, and should result in a better pro duct with a better reputation.
The idea is to erect one drier with bought material, constructed by an ex perienced man, to demonstrate the drier in its most expensive form. The second drier will be built of bush timber, flat tened-out kerosene tins, and makeshift material, to prove that the less prosperous producers also can erect driers and pro duce a superior product.
The scheme is one that, in the interests of producers and the big buyers, should not be allowed to drop. Copra has again passed the £5 mark in Tulagi, and one can take a little interest in production.