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Pig. 4. — Sisal In Florida. The more important sisal plantings throughout the world 

 have originated from plants grown in Florida, although that State has never produced 

 sisal fiber in commercial (juantities. 



The shipment of 250,000 sisal bulbils received in Manila in 1918 was 

 distributed by the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture to planters and 

 to agricultural schools in the Provinces. Arrangements had been 

 made for placing these plants in Government nurseries, but lack of 



