Baler Twine Price
Sir, —The manager of Donaghys, Dunedin, states that sisal, an imported fibre, is the major raw material used in baler twine manufacture. The baler twine I have here is made, as far as I can see, wholly from flax (Phormium tenax) fibre. If a shortage of this looally-grown-end-processed fibre is the cause of the use of sisal then the farmer - subsidised ' factory which makes our expensive flax wool packs should be closed and the fibre so used could be supplied, with advantage to all concerned, to Donaghy’s Rope and Twine Company.—Yours, etc., J. E. ROYDS. Weedons, May 20, 1963. [The general manager of Donaghy’s Rope and Twine Company, Ltd. (Mr W. H. Tucker), said: “All baler twine has from 80 per cent to 90 per cent, sisal content. This sisal content could be reduced if sufficient high grade phormium fibre was available. The phormium fibre used by Woolpack is mainly of low grade and not suitable for baler twine.”]
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30143, 29 May 1963, Page 7
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