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Manawatu Herald, 31 March 1904, Page 3

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[ Wcently lb ; (■■ ■ : red ibipa: ri men!: of /'• grbcnltn. - . ... iva, very | nlrr runplo o! "IV :' ": n, v/n :t.j j Li. IbWna. ;n /m;.:;; to ■ •:'»ria;u i il'AinUiing co’Vji'i/i; ip i ft' '..lnn inn j "rippla was rv-iit to .bumo A'Per md j Co. Riopnetavy. S iioibb. r-.pm, m.p Ib ' ' r-'O A' : 3, P ~i „ j Hi,a',ing that tin- ina is (iolig'o p I vrorJ tiiO S'.iUrbio, and that ;horn should ha no dibicnlty in procuring from .£BO to £35 per ton, according to quality. ■ it is considered there is, j an opening for at least 2000 tons a I your of this material, which could bo | largely used in the manufacture of binder twino through ,ut all the Statoq. The firm hope that the department will be able to push the industry ahead for the supply of the Commonwealth, and the belief is expressed that in a few years there would bo a continuous paying crop assured. Sisal is practically a modem fibre, and to show its great importance in the World’s fibre production the firm quote W. F. Malcolm and Co.’s hemp report for last year, showing the consumption of sisal bomp to have been 610,000 bales, an increase of 72,000 bales on the previous year. Manila and New Zealand hemp are just now very high in price, and as it is evident that the world’s consumption of fibre is greater than the production, there is consequently an opening, and in this direction James Miller and Co. consider Queensland could do much, for the necessary labour is available. They wish the State success, and give an assurance that there is a ready market for anything we can produce. Sisal hemp, it may be stated, is being grown in isolated places in Queensland, seed having been sent out by the Department of Agriculture About Childers and Traveston it is more plentiful. The sample from St. Helena was a particularly fine one, the fibre being long, clean, and very tough.