. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 50 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. feet apart and 6 feet apart in the row; some old fields 9 feet between the rows and 4 feet in the row, the plants set with considerable regularity. The plants receive two dressings the lirst year and one every year afterwards. The size of the cultivations on the estates range from 250 to 3,500 acres. They are laid out in fields or sections of 50 to 200 acres, and contain from 600 to 000 plants to the acre. When preparing th
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 50 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. feet apart and 6 feet apart in the row; some old fields 9 feet between the rows and 4 feet in the row, the plants set with considerable regularity. The plants receive two dressings the lirst year and one every year afterwards. The size of the cultivations on the estates range from 250 to 3,500 acres. They are laid out in fields or sections of 50 to 200 acres, and contain from 600 to 000 plants to the acre. When preparing the fields, the land is cut during the dry season, is then allowed to spring up. after which it is " sprig weeded,'' and burned after the first fall of rain. The stumps are cut close to the ground, so as to be out of the way of the leaves of the plants and to facilitate the running of the line for planting and get- ting the rows straight. When planting, the laborers have a small line with the dis- tanees at which the plants are to be set out knotted on it and a pole cut to the length that the rows are to be apart. A man and a boy are employed at each line. The boy drops the plants along the row at the distance marked on the line, and then removes the line to the nest row, dropping the plants as before. The man does the planting, and is responsible for the rows being straight. When coming to a rock the planter does not turn aside, but goes on and places the plant in the row a little beyond. (Stu- art's Report.) Mr. Stuart states that the hemp plantations in Yucatan vary from 500 to 28,000 acres in extent, with a total number of 105,000 acres under cultivation, employ- ing 12,000 Indian laborers. The largest and best estates are on the rocky, gravelly lands, and they are valued from $100,000 to $500,000 each. Each estate is managed by three principal men—the attorney, the manager, and assistant manager. The largest estates employ locomo- tives for hauling in the crop from th
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