Coconut Plantations
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Mechanisation
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San Francisco, Jan. 26.
IT will interest copra producers in the South Pacific Islands to know that the Apex Engineer ing Company, of 440 South Victory Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA, is now manufacturing the coconut-splitting machine to which reference recently was made in PIM, and that a large number of these machines have been sent to Mr. Rey, in Tahiti.
The Co. reports that it is now de veloping a number of other machines designed for the processing of coco nuts. The view is taken that in this coconut-planting industry, as in so many others, the high cost of labour is forcing the employer to wards mechanisation. The Co. says it is looking for agents to handle its machines in the South Pacific.
Reports about the efficiency of the new coconut splitting machine are being awaited with interest by coconut-growing interests. (See advt.)