ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FRONTISPIECE. The Sisal Hemp Plant. 



FIGURE i. Model Sisal Decorticating Plant 24 



2. Irene No. 21 Machine 25 



3. Ditto ditto 26 



4. Fibre Packing Press 28 



5. FJax Straw put up to Dry 47 



6. Sheaf of Flax Straw 48 



7. Rick of Flax Straw 49 



8. Stack of Flax Straw 5 o 



9. Thrashing Instrument ^ 



10. Retted Flax Straw Drying 52 



ii. Irene No. 31 Machine 75 



12. Another View of Same Machine ... ... 78 



13. Crusher g o 



14- Lehmann Fibre Extractor ... 81 



