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sion have personally consulted 

 in the several jute-growing 

 districts, I have no hesitation 

 in saying that jute does more : 

 generally speaking it exhausts 

 and impoverishes the soil to a 

 much greater extent than 

 other crops." (P. 40 and 41.) 



WHAT is THE RESISTING 

 POWER OF JUTE TO THE 

 ACTION OF HIGH-PRESSURE 

 STEAM ? 



" Loss per cent, after ex- 

 posure for 2 hours in steam, 

 at 15 Ibs. extra pressure, fol- 

 lowed by boiling in water 

 (212 degrees F.) for 3 hours, 

 19.20." ' 



" Loss per cent, after further 

 exposure for 4 hours to steam 

 and water at 15 Ibs. extra pres- 

 sure, 2.19. (Dr. Watson's 

 Report on Rheea, p. 5.) 



WHAT is THE MEAN DIA- 

 METER (MlCROMETRIC) OF 



JUTE ? 



WHAT is THE RESISTING 

 POWER OF THE CALOTROPIS 

 TO THE ACTION OF HlGH- 

 PRESSURE STEAM ? 



Loss per cent., after ex- 

 posure for 2 hours in steam at 

 15 Ibs. extra pressure, followed 

 by boiling in water (212 de- 

 grees F.) for 3 hours, 3.19. 



Loss per cent, after further 

 exposure for 4 hours to steam 

 and water at 15 Ibs. extra pres- 

 sure, 2.28. (Dr. Watson's 

 Report on Rheea, p. 5.) 



WHAT is THE MEAN DIA- 

 METER (MlCROMETRIC) OF 



THE CALOTROPIS ? 



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