. The cacao industry of Ecuador :. Cacao Ecuador. - 26 - prevailing humid at- mosphere and the danger of the beans absorbing moisture and spoiling, growers as a rule do not store the bags long before shipping them to Guayaquil. If the ex- porter is obliged to redry and rebag the beans owing to exces- sive moisture content, the grower is penalized •a certain percentage of the weight of the cacao. For the privilege of using the streets of Guayaquil as drying platforms, the exporter pays the city a rental of approximately one- Marketing When marketed, both cleaned and uncleaned cacao beans are fr
. The cacao industry of Ecuador :. Cacao Ecuador. - 26 - prevailing humid at- mosphere and the danger of the beans absorbing moisture and spoiling, growers as a rule do not store the bags long before shipping them to Guayaquil. If the ex- porter is obliged to redry and rebag the beans owing to exces- sive moisture content, the grower is penalized •a certain percentage of the weight of the cacao. For the privilege of using the streets of Guayaquil as drying platforms, the exporter pays the city a rental of approximately one- Marketing When marketed, both cleaned and uncleaned cacao beans are frequent- ly mixed together. Approximately 80 percent of the beans are sold by planters directly to exporters. In several instances, however, companies Table 3. - Analysis of the interior characters of ccmmercial grades of cacao 1942-1^7 FERMENTATION COMMERC1AL GRADES 6000 REGULAR LITTLE OR NONE DAMAGED BEANS RES IDUES RED-BROWN OR BROWN ORAYISH- BROWN VIOLET OR BLUE CHEESY OR SLATY VIOLET OR BLUE CHEESY OR SLATY EXCESSIVE MOISTURE, INTERIOR WHITE DISEASE, INTERIOR YELLOW INSECT CRUSHED FLAT OR EMPTY Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Selected Super i or Red Summer Arriba. Super i or Red Summe r Arriba. . Cosecha Navidad or Chr i stmas Harvest. Machala Corr iente . 1-39 24. 10 .49 .16 .11 .16 .36 .90 .33 .67 .01 .00 .16 .70 .16 .60 .16 .70 FIGURE the cacao beans are dried, they are sacked, weighed, and made ready for shipment to market. tenth of a cent per day per square Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fowler, Robert Lawrence, 1910-; joint
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