CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 7 



Manila hemp or abaca 8 



Soil and cultivation 9 



Extraction of fiber 11 



Classification and uses 13 



Maguey 13 



Cultivation 14 



Extraction of fiber and yield 15 



Pineapple fiber 16 



Extraction of fiber and uses 17 



Cotton 1 18 



Soil and climatic conditions 21 



Uses and yield 22 



Ramie 22 



Production and uses 2& 



Planting and cultivation 24 



Pangdan 25 



Burri or talipot palm 26 



Nipa 27 



Rattan _* 27 



Conclusion 22 



List of fiber plants 29 



ILLUSTEATIONS. 



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 Plate I. A field of abaca protected by numerous shade trees, Sorsogon 



Province, Luzon 8 



II. Laborer's house surrounded by abacd plants, Mount Iriga, Camar- 



ines Sur, Luzon L 10 



III. Unloading loosely bound bundles of abaca fiber from sailing 



vessels and spreading it to dry in front of large warehouses, 

 Tacloban, Leyte 12 



IV. Drying extracted abacd fiber, Sorsogon Province, Luzon 14 



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