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larger number of plants to the acre. Mj-sore possesses plenty of such land, and if the 

 latter can produce loaves of 4 feet in length, it will do. But there is a reduction in value^ 





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as well as difficulty in extracting the fibre, when the leaves are under .3 feet in length. In 

 Yucatan, plants are put out in rows at 7, 8, 9, and even 12 feet ajmrt, according to the 

 nature of the soil. But the general practice is to allow nothing under 400 plants to the 



