Harvest scenes of the world . S Mexico is the home of the sisal fibreindustry. In Yucatan the sisal plant is grown on large plan-tations embracing thousands of acres, and supplying nearly allthe fibre used in harvesting the crops of the world. Manilafibre is procured from the Philippine Islands, which supplyabout fifteen per cent of the fibre used in the manufacture ofbinder twine. The illustrations show sisal and manila plants,and the methods employed by the natives to procure thefibre and prepare it for shipment. Sfi One page is given toillustrations of the desert where cactus, sage brush, m
Harvest scenes of the world . S Mexico is the home of the sisal fibreindustry. In Yucatan the sisal plant is grown on large plan-tations embracing thousands of acres, and supplying nearly allthe fibre used in harvesting the crops of the world. Manilafibre is procured from the Philippine Islands, which supplyabout fifteen per cent of the fibre used in the manufacture ofbinder twine. The illustrations show sisal and manila plants,and the methods employed by the natives to procure thefibre and prepare it for shipment. Sfi One page is given toillustrations of the desert where cactus, sage brush, mes-quite, and verde trees grow. Enough of the earths surfaceis overspread with desert to warrant us in presenting theillustrations — moreover, we believe that every stu-dent is interested in the harvest of the desert, manythousand acres of which have already been broughtunder cultivation by means of irrigation. It isto the desert and to the swamp that we mustlook for any material increase that maybe made in the arable A Sisal Plantation
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