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Jeet. etory remarks it is said the 
ous or uncultivated species of plants pro- 
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ducing Bast-fibre in the United States form an 
ae dag | group in the Fibre series, They are 
ubjects of constant inquiry, as the masses of their 
fila aments, disintegrated and semi-bleached on the 
parent-stalk by the winter storms, often attr: 
N of the farmer, who, regarding his discovery 
and considering it a source * valuable, 
e be e industry, writes to the Department to 
learn the name and history of the species. 
For the most part the species belong to three 
large families of plants—the Malvacex, of which 
the Cotton-plant is a member; the Asclepidacex, 
and the Leguminosæ. The malvaceous species are the 
most numerous, and, possibly, the most widely dis- 
tributed, their fibre e og 5 com- 
paring with Jate, rather than h Flax a 3 
ee whiter in colour than * 3 hese 
nsidered as Jute substitutes,” while the es 
beloosig to the two other x and which give 
stronger fibre, may be Hemp substitutes,” 
and are, therefore, the more n 
That these fibres are not employed commercially is 
due to several causes, the machine question being an 
important factor. The facts that Flax and Hemp can 
be readily grown over large areas of pm States, and 
that the cultivation of these plants a 
in 
favourable to their growth, while the cheapness of 
commercial Jute has kept back the calture of others, 
ere in the south, where they might readily 
roduced; nevertheless, some of the species have 
beth regarded with hig 
d cheaply, though by 
primitive methods that could not be e adopted in the 
Uaited States. 
growth, and is considered of “ local” as than of 
“commercial” im yore. Th — — int as to 
the possible utilisation of N ee for 
while it mmap. be ut to to — 5 fibre ‘that 
would be marketed with the commercial cordage 
fibres, poe local industries might be established to 
e fibre, and utilise it in such manufactures 
as would enter exclusively into home consumption, 
For many purposes sisal and perag cordage only 
can be employed; but, at the same time, consider- 
able quantities of both sisal — —— 
employed in uses for vei the cheaper, home- 
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The first eet 2 be bee, * eeng is oe 
l it 
question of econ ical production. What 
to an is of stalks, and what — 
„ee of ger and cleaning the . ? Until 
be wered, the 
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Png gt of the. ov must be Ares, as still 
experimental stage, and it would be unwise 
mi go into the culture expecting sure remuneration. 
The machine question, as stated, is an important 
factor in the eee The hand methods in vogue 
in many forei, ountries, when such 
been u 
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practice. 
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handfal an a time. This sug —9 the use 507 
machinery, at least, for hey ct the bark from the 
stalke, the fibre to be cleaned an prepared by 
after-processes which, however, do not concern the 
grower. The bast of Hemp has been stripped from 
and be 
shown to cost no more than the cultivation of Hemp, 
there is a possibility that their production may 
arpenden. 
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