PREPARING HEMP.
W!ii!e.the improved strippers have elimI'.inated 'oyeJof*theYchief"drawbacfes ■to the l^pycparation''ofSfKowV Zealiiiul hemp—tlio br it isi aii d; bi'.eii k i iiV ■. ok tlio".''fibre—thero uiS?n? i tendencyj''Und9i;; i thb\,new. .method, ac- | coram;; So'{hi* Government' experts, - to' go to tlu> other wttreino and. produce a fibre' : off : too'|coario • Not only' is tlw body of i:!io .fibre too strong, !"but^tys:iyer^;'diffic!ilt, s to ■: tlio improper 'elimination, oi'. the .. vegetable' malfteii tojeocurGiaj/good'colcur;> : .TherG oro .'qiiitoJeriougli coarse fibres' on' foreign markets, and manufacturers look to tlio hotter grades. cf Xmv Zealand hemp to provide them a soft.Vfreo. (thread; The new i&trippbrs liayoyvorked- : a'-revolution • owing' to i theiiiv'v.hayirig:: obviatod.i uio '" rigidity which f-nisetl tlio bruising of the fibre, but . carcmust bo'taken .l1i"at fl to6-much "give" is-not allowed',: SO', that- while fibre is secured free of br'uiii; it'may be thoroughly ?strippcd;plt£is; : ;;gratifying: tqikhow- that, aro. •itill boinf . • ccwlncicd wi.lli. the cb.icet-of further improving thu ■ prowa'sir 1 ;■ r. ~
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 18
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150PREPARING HEMP. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 18
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