Value of Bamboo as a Fiber
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A short note from Harper's New Monthly Magazine on the growing commercial importance of West Indian bamboo as a fibre. It reports large exports from Jamaica to the United States and describes crushing the bamboo between mill rollers and baling it with a screw press to reduce bulk and freight costs. It also refers back to an earlier item on palmetto leaves as a textile material.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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