. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 52 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. long ton. Wastage not stated. Dr. Morris reduces these yields to equivalents, in Kew 1893. p. 207. "Highest possible yield [waste accounted for . per cent: yield in Yucatan'with the Baspador. pel cent; in Florida (Van Buren machine), per cent: in Bahamas (supposed to he Van Buren machine. C. R. 1). per ; Percentage with the automatic machines in present use in the Bahamas, unknown. See
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 52 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. long ton. Wastage not stated. Dr. Morris reduces these yields to equivalents, in Kew 1893. p. 207. "Highest possible yield [waste accounted for . per cent: yield in Yucatan'with the Baspador. pel cent; in Florida (Van Buren machine), per cent: in Bahamas (supposed to he Van Buren machine. C. R. 1). per ; Percentage with the automatic machines in present use in the Bahamas, unknown. See figs. 14 and 15, leaves of true and I Ise sisal hemp.) Harvesting and preparation.—Little can l»e said on these points from actual experience in our own country. The machinery used in the Government experii in southern Florida was too small and too slow to give a basis lor estimating cost of production. See fig. 17. the Van Buren machine. The cutting of the leaves is done in Yucatan by Indians, using a heavy-bladed, saber-like knife called a machete. The task - _ to 2,500 leaves per day. The spine at the leaf end is cut off and the leaves bundled for removal to the machine-. On large j'lantations the leaves are transported by steam power over tramways running from different x^ortions of the estate. ns.—Complete series illustrating the Government experiments in Florida, Field Col. Mus.: Mus. U. S. Dept. Ag.: U. S. Nat. Agave salmiana. The Maguey Blaudo of Mexico. Fiber.—Specimens shown in the Mexican exhibit at the Paris Exposition closely re- sembled the fiber of J. anteri- cana: white, wavy, of medium strength. Fiber from a plant of A. salmiana growing in the United States Botanic Garden, extracted by the Department, was coarse, harsh, and wiry, without any of the char- acteristics of Mexican samples. Dr. Weber, of Paris, informs me that the maguey, or metl, which is cultivated on the plains of Apam for the production of pulque, bears in Mexico the name maguey man
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