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Show Money In Coconuts. Tho discovery has been mnde nt Co-'ombo Co-'ombo that coconut water, better known, perhaps, as coconut, "milk," which has always been considered n useless waste, product, Is an excellent rubber coagulant. Millions of gallons of coconut water allowed to run to wnsto on. estates can now bo mado uso of nt n good profit. Tho coconut wnter Is allowed to fer-meu? fer-meu? tor four or five days, after which U can o used without further delay as coagulating latex. Tills is said to produco a Una rubber, superior to that procured with tho use of crude acetic ndd. The color of the rubber with ncetlc acid fermentation Is decldely Inferior In-ferior to tho coconut water fermentation. fermenta-tion. Coconut water Is now made up in bulk nnd shipped In largo quantities from cocount plantations to rubber estate |