. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. appy fibre than the both cases the fibre was gummy and insufficiently , good; length of staple, 3 feet 6 inches. The fibre wasunsuitable for chemical examination. Commercial Value.—If properly prepared these fibreswould command a fair price, as they are of excellent colour andhave good strength. But m their present insufficiently retted,strappy condition, they would be of little or no commercial value,since they could not be employed for spinning purposes. 576 Journal of the Department op Agriculture. Th
. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. appy fibre than the both cases the fibre was gummy and insufficiently , good; length of staple, 3 feet 6 inches. The fibre wasunsuitable for chemical examination. Commercial Value.—If properly prepared these fibreswould command a fair price, as they are of excellent colour andhave good strength. But m their present insufficiently retted,strappy condition, they would be of little or no commercial value,since they could not be employed for spinning purposes. 576 Journal of the Department op Agriculture. The well-prepared fibre of Hibiscus cannahinus isexported from India under the name of Bimlipatam jute, andfinds a market as a jute substitute at approximately the sameprice as the medium qualities of jute. A specimen of this IndianHibiscus fibre is sent herewith, which is worth about £15 per tonat the present time (September, 1909). A further sample of this fibre, weighing 2 lb. l^ oz., was obtainedfrom Mr. M. Macpherson, of Barberton, Transvaal, and submitted. Photo by I. B. Pole Evava.] Plate VI. Bundle of eannahimix ready for retting andtwo lots of fibre extracted from similar sized bundles. to the Imperial Institute in July, : — The Institute reported as The fibre had a fair lustre and an irregular pale greyish-brown colour. It had not been well prepared, but the whole ofthe material was gummy and some parts were strappy and con-tained a good deal of adherent barky matter; these defects were South African Fibre Plants. 577 probably due to insufficient retting-. Streng-th, good. Length ofstaple about 6 feet. The fibre was not submitted to chemicalexamination. The tangled state of the sample would also depreciate itsvalue, as it could not be used for spinning purposes without theexpenditure of much labour. Well-prepared Hibiscus fibre couldbe used as a substitute for jute, and would probably be worthabout the same as medium jute, which is now sellin
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