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the fibre (Thornton, I.e. 1917, p. 16). The plant was grown on 

 a small scale at Old Calabar in 1897 and samples of fibre prepared 

 from plants well established at Oloke-Meji were exhibited at an 

 Agricultural Show held by the Department, 1908 (Col. Rep. 

 Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 47). There are samples of twine made 

 of this fibre in the Museum, from Old Calabar (Johnson and 

 Warren, 1918). 



In 1918 the leaves of the Sisal planted in 1914 measured up 

 to 5 ft. when it was reported " the plants are now pohng very 

 ^xtensively; there has, however, been time to reap the usnal 

 -three crops of leaves during the lifetime of the plants, so that 

 as regards the length of leaves and time of poling sisal shows 

 itself to be satisfactory for this country " (Thornton, Ann. Rep. 

 Agric. Dept. N. Prov. Nigeria, for 'l919, p. 19). Although 

 successful so far, the Director of Agriculture advised that " as 

 the production of sisal hemp in commercial quantities is adapted 

 to large planters rather than to the small cultivator, it is doubtful 

 whether further development may be looked for in this direction " 

 {Lamb, I.e., p. 4). 



Bef.—" Sisal Hemp," in Kew Bull. Add. Series ii. " Vegetable 

 I'ibres," pp. 130-192; Reprints of various papers in Kew Bull. 



1887-1896. " Agave " in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, i. 



1889, pp. 133-144. A Report on Sisal Hemp Culture in the 



United States with Statements relating to the Industry in 

 Yucatan & the Bahama Islands, and Machinery, Dodge, U.S. 

 Dept. Agric. Fiber Investigations, No. 3, 1891, pp. 1-59, illus- 

 trated. Report on the Henequen Hemp Industry at Yucatan, 



Dip. & Cons. Rep. Misc. No. 236, 1892, Mexico'; Reprint in 



Kew Bull. 1893, pp. 212-218. " Sisal Hemp " and " Bahamas 



Pita," Morris, in Jouru. Soc. Arts, 1895, pp. 918-921. " The 



Sisal Industry in the Bahamas," Morris, in Journ. Soc. Arts, 



xliv. March 20th, 1896, pp. 407-418. "Agave" in A Des- 



oriptive Catalogue of the Fiber Plants of the World, Dodge, 

 U.S. Dept. Agric. Fiber Investigations, Rep. No. 9, 1897, pp. 41- 



53. Sisal Hemp : Experimental Cultivation of the Plant in 



India, Prain, Agric. Ledger, No. 6, 1900, pp. 47-68. •" Agaves," 



Nelson, in Year Book, U.S. Dept. Agric. 1902, pp. 313-320. 



Sisal Hemp Culture in the Indian Tea Districts, Mann 

 pp. 1-41 ; plates i.-ix, including particulars and illus 



& Hunter. 



ei 



achinery (Indian Tea Assoc. London & Calcutta, 1904). 



1904, pp. 150-172. 



Hemp Industry," in West Indian Bull. v. No. 2, 



Drummond 



in Agric. Ledger, No. 7, 1906, pp. 77-271. The Development 



of Sisal Hemp Cultivation in India, — Mann, in Agric. Journ. 



India, ii. 1907, pp. 323-333. " Sisal Hemp {Agave sisalana)," 



Haywood, in Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, xviii. Dec. 2nd, 1907, 



pp. 907-909, illustrated. "Agave rigida," Trelease, in 19th 



Rep. Missouri Bot. Garden, 1908, pp. 273-279. ■" Agave," in 



The Comm. Products, India, Watt, pp. 39-45 (John Murray, 

 London, 1908). " Cultivation of Sisal Hemp in German East 



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