. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 TBU BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, May 8, 1915. â â3 THE FARM MEXICAN FIBER INDISPENSABLE FOR THE COUNTRY'S HARVEST. A serious calamity recently threat- ened the agricultural industry because of the disturbance in Yucatan and the announced blockade of the port of Progreso by Gen. Carranza. The har- vesting of practically all grains with modern machinery was involved. If the port of Progreso had been closed it would have been impossible to se- cure the sisal fiber used in the manu- facture of binder twine. It was that this fiber be secured immediat
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 TBU BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, May 8, 1915. â â3 THE FARM MEXICAN FIBER INDISPENSABLE FOR THE COUNTRY'S HARVEST. A serious calamity recently threat- ened the agricultural industry because of the disturbance in Yucatan and the announced blockade of the port of Progreso by Gen. Carranza. The har- vesting of practically all grains with modern machinery was involved. If the port of Progreso had been closed it would have been impossible to se- cure the sisal fiber used in the manu- facture of binder twine. It was that this fiber be secured immediately and come forward in large quantities by the first of April, otherwise the factories could not have manufactured it in time in sufficient volume for the use of the farmers in harvesting this season's crop. It would have been necessary to harvest by hand, and to have harvested a large part of the grain in this way would have been im- possible. The matter was so serious that the President and the Secretary of State, on representations from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce, took the matter promptly in hand. At the re- quest of the President, Gen. Carranza abandoned the blockade of the port of Progreso. In normal years about 200,000,000 pounds of binder twine are required for harvesting the grain, corn, and flax crops. From two-thirds to three- fourths of this is made from henequen (sisal) fiber, practically all of which is produced in Yucatan and exported from Progreso. This year the demand for twine is certain to be greater than ever. Last year's wheat crop was the largest the country has ever produced; this year's is expected to be still larger. Nine hundred million bushels is the estimate if normal conditions prevail from now to harvest. It is probable that the production of the other grains, especially of oats, wTill also be increased, and the other crops, the sorghums and corn, will be at least the equal of normal years. The disturbances in Me
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