FLAX AT ST. HELENA.
MR. FULTON'S REPORT.
FOUR YEARS BEFORE REMUNERATIVE.. ■ " Tho phormium seed:that I brought with .. mo to St; Helena," writes Mr. C. J.Fulten, Now Zealand's Chief Fibro Expert, to . tho Hon R. < M'Nab; (Minister•for Agriculture), .. I " unfortunately,has;not been;a',Er^at;sucQosa. It was- treated according to .'my.', instructions' by tho Government Forester, and ajthougn tho weather was unfavourable it germinated . very nicely.' -But, after: getting afair start,, tho tender plants as. they appeared, above ground wore attacked very severely by grubs.. Now, of course, wo aro trying other experiments, tho results of which. I will bo able to advise lator on." ' . t'- ■. Mr.' Fulton. continues. that .ever; since lus. arrival at St.'. Helena . his timo. ..had. ; beep, mostly occupiod 111 preparing a .flax-mill st o. : and erecting themillplant., Ho liayo everything m order and the milling to commonoo about tho beginning of December. The'settlers at' St. Helena were transplanting ; fairly extensively, but tho industry could'not; ; bo remunerative inside four years. , Tlwvniil , in course of erection was considerably ahead of present requirements, but it. was: better, to arrango with an eye to tho future as well as to tho present. ■ ; ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 2
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