APPENDIX 107 



any weight or value in fibre if they are allowed to stand for 

 a month or two. When the cutting commences the outward 

 ring of leaves may be removed, and by the time the last of 

 the crop is once treated the second ring of leaves can at once 

 be operated on, until the whole crop is dealt with. Each day's 

 cutting must be treated, if possible, at the scutch mill, as the 

 leaf must not get dry before the fibre is extracted. 



