PREFACE. 



IN compiling this volume, the author is merely putting 

 together in book form a series of articles which have 

 appeared from time to time in the "Jute, Hemp, Flax, 

 Rope and Twine Trades' Journal." He hopes that the 

 book will prove a valuable work of reference to those 

 interested in the cultivation of colonial and tropical fibres 

 as well as a reliable text-book for technical students. He 

 would also recommend its perusal to rope and twine 

 makers and others who use such fibres, as many such have 

 a very vague idea as to the origin of their raw material. 



H. R. CARTER. 

 BELFAST, 1909. 



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