. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 030, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. mutely per cent of the total production of Yucatan for the same year. During the first five months of the calendar year 1920 the Phil- ippine Islands produced 66,912 bales of maguey fiber, which was approximately 20 per cent of the production of Yucatan sisal for the same period. The production of binder-twine fiber in all countries other than the Philippine Islands is conducted as a large-plantation industry. This is primarily due to the fact that the economical pro
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 030, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. mutely per cent of the total production of Yucatan for the same year. During the first five months of the calendar year 1920 the Phil- ippine Islands produced 66,912 bales of maguey fiber, which was approximately 20 per cent of the production of Yucatan sisal for the same period. The production of binder-twine fiber in all countries other than the Philippine Islands is conducted as a large-plantation industry. This is primarily due to the fact that the economical production of a good quality of binder-twine fiber involves the use of expensive fiber- cleaning machinery. The economical operation of this machinery requires a large and dependable supply of leaves, such as is ordinarily. Fig. 3.—A maguey field at San Miguel, Ilocos Norte Province, Philippine Islands. obtainable under conditions found in tropical countries only on large and well-organized plantations. One of the fundamental problems, therefore, in encouraging the increased production of maguey and sisal fibers in the Philippine Islands is to increase the number of large plantations. IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN THE MAGUEY INDUSTRY. The reforms most urgently needed on the Philippine maguey plan- tations are better preparation of the land that is used for field plant- ing, the establishment of nurseries, the use of larger and more vigorous sucker plants, wider spacing between the rows and between the plants in the row, improved cultivation, and a radical change in the methods of harvesting the leaves and cleaning the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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