In the western countries the machine may replaco man, but in the east they are resorting to diff erent methods. The cocoriut growers of Kelengan, Malaysia, hiave for some time past been complaining that the natives employed for picking them did not work fast enough. They are now trainihg monkeys for this purpose. The creatures held on a long leash work so fast that some of them manage to pick up to 1000 nuts per day, which 1b equivalent to the output of five or six natives. — Miroir du Monde, Paris.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 208, 18 September 1937, Page 17
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