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I walked through hundreds of acres of the Henequen, but beyond 
oee that a leaf here and there had a few inches dried on its end, 
‘Similar to what is seen in this oes and Cuba, the plants were per- 
ae healthy and free from disease. 
KIND OF MACHINERY USED. 
| . There are several kinds of machinery used for extracting the fibre on 
Í the different estates. 
hose cleaning less than 75,000 leaves per day use the large common 
wheels, Raspador and Barraclough ; and those cleaning from 80, o 
120,000 per day use the oh and erat i a machines, the 
Rachine break dowi or get out of order, leaving 70, 000 or 80,000 leav 
on hand, and there be no means of cleaning them, it Sronlà involve a yen 
of over 4 000 Ibs. of fibre 
Cleaning Machines.—The Raspador is a 54-inch “wheel,” said to be 
invented and manufactured in Mexico. It requires a two horse- -power 
engine to run it at a steady rate of 200 revolutions per minute, at which 
speed the best results are obtained. Oppa acity 500 lbs, dry fibre per day 
of 10 hours ; requires the services of two men. 
The Barraclough, ah Pe! To Barraclough & Co., 
Spain; requires a 16-hors zeg z ower engine and the services ‘of two m 
1500 a boy. Pia 7,000 lbs. dry ore. per day of 10 hours. Cost 
dollar 
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| The Death and Ellwood machine, onra by W. E. Death, 
of Brixtòn, England, requires a 3-horse power engine to drive it at a 
velocity of 400 revolution per minute, and washes the fibr re when 
e ike t ne 
e as the S Their thas being smaller, require a STEA 
of 500 revolutions to the minute to give good results. Beyond cleaning 
4 greater number of leaves, they do not appear to do better work, as the 
ao of loss is as great in the one as the other, and the fibre is 
ly as clean. 
thas and Boilers—The engines used were from 6 to 80 horse 
