16 Copra warehouses should also be provided on the main islands in order that processed copra may be stored adequately and thereby promote constant processing of copra. A warehouse would also provide a favorable situation toward establishing a copra farmers' cooperative to take advantage of volume purchase of trade goods to extend over longer durations and thereby relinquish the heavy dependancy on erratic field trip service. A cooperative would contribute heavily to a steady production of copra unlike the present trend in concentrated production before the arrival of field trip ships. t in Bikini en cultural Developm fhe Cost of Agri rgy nece tment’sof ofEfi arria Deppa ARCHIVES The estimated cost of such an agricultural development program as outlined above will be in the realm of $165,000 ove the four years expected for completion and maintenance. This is to say that it will cost approximately $174 to rehabilitate one acre of land, by far not a very unreasonable cost. figure is a This conservative one and does not include all the costs of logistic support and other undetermined expenses. A large portion of the cost would be pre-empted by labor. Heavy equipment and power tools would greatly hasten work accom- plishments, but the better part of the time would be required in Gigging of planting pits for each seedling----approximately 52,000 planting pits are required. Forty-four laborers, three equipment operators and a mechanic, including would be required to complete the replanting in one calender year (210 working days).