ALTERNATIVE TO COTTON?
FIBRE-YIELDING PLANT. GREAT INTEREST IN LANCASHIRE. Rugby, November 28. The discovery of a plant yielding a high percentage of fibre, calculated to provide an alternative to cotton, has created great interest in Lancashire, and the demand for specimens of the fibre have far exceeded the limits of immediately available material, which is being cultivated in eastern English counties. Experts who have inspected specimens agree that if anything like adequate production can be assured the fibre should prove distinctly useful. The “Manchester Guardian” says the fibre is of the best order is lustrous, and in appearance resembles fine flax, while under a microscope it is almost indistinguishable from flax. It is reported that the dyeing of yarn formed by mixing the fibre with cotton presents no particular difficulty. Representatives of large cotton interests in Lancashire, however, are awaiting more definite information regarding the prospects of production before further serious consideration of its commercial possibili ties are undertaken. It is recognised, however, that the new fibre would have the advantage, in that if successfully cultivated the raw material would be reapable, and would not be required to be picked or pulled.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 296, 30 November 1928, Page 3
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