FLAX IN ST. HELENA.
WELLINGTON, January 9. Mr Pulton, ,£he flax «xpexs, writes to the Minister of Agriculture tha.t the seeds he took to St. Helena germinated well, but when fibe plants began to grow they were severely attacked by grubs. Other experiments are now being tried. Mr Pulton has been ' erecting a mill plant and preparing a site. The settlers are transplanting fairly extensively^, but the industry could not dbn remunerative inside of four years. -- Speaking of the condition of the people ,of Jamestown, Mr Fulton says that twoftiirds of them are in a deplorable state, and that begging for alms is noticed on all sides. After the Boer war the garrison was withdrawn^ from the island, and consequently there was no assured market for the .products of the island. Upon the fibre industry all eyes are now earnestly fixed, but to work a mill at-Jhigh pressure would exhaust the present supply of leaf in 12 .months.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 23
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