Fibre Industry in Hawaii: No. 3 -- Sisal
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Third article in a series on the fibre industry in Hawaii, arguing that sisal (Agave rigida sisalana) is the soundest fibre crop for the islands. It covers US import values 1894-1903, plant description, soil, propagation, nursery work, transplanting, harvesting, extraction machinery (the raspador type and the Todd machine at Ewa), drying and baling, diseases and pests, and by-products. It closes with a detailed cost and profit account of the Hawaiian Sisal Co. plantation at Ewa, Oahu. Illustrations show the Ewa plantation, a sisal mill, and laborers cutting fibre. A short unrelated item on banana crates for Barbados follows.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1904
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 21
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