GREAT DEMAND FOR NEW FIBRE SAMPLES
LONDON. The discovery of a plant yielding a high percentage of fibre calculated to provide an alterative to cotton has created great interest in Lancashire and the demand for specimens of tho fiber has far exceeded the limits of immediately available material which is bejng 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. Representatives of the large, cotton interests of Lancashire are awaiting more definite information regarding the prospects of production before further serious consideration of its commercial possibilities is undertaken. It is recognised, however, that the new fibre would have an 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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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 6
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138GREAT DEMAND FOR NEW FIBRE SAMPLES Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 6
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