Fibre crops
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Item A Feeding Trial with Sisal Waste(1956/1957) Frank, P.J.During the past few years the price of sisal fibre has dropped so steeply that the sisal industry is looking for means to increase the financial return from its estates. At present, only 4 percent of the leaf is recovered as fibre, and to improve this extraction rate some estates are using a machine for the secondary removal of fibre, in addition to the preliminary decortication. The material produced after this second removal is known as Sisal waste, and consists mainly of the leaf pulp together with a small amount of fibre.Item A Feeding Trial with Sisal Waste(1957) Frank, P.J.; Veterinary Department Experimental Station, Naivasha, KenyaDuring the past few years the price of sisal fibre has dropped so steeply that the sisal industry is looking for means to increase the financial return from its estates. At present, only 4 per cent of the leaf is recovered as fibre, and to improve this extraction rate some estates are using a machine for the secondary removal of fibre, in addition to the preliminary decortication. The material produced after this second removal is known as sisal waste and consists mainly of the pulp together with a small amount of fibre.Item Suggestions to Managers of Ginneries(1936) Field, N.; Briggs, P.W.Before lighting the fire a responsible per seen should make sure that the 1evel 0f water in the boiler is not below the low level mark dangerous and must have immediate. When raising steam from cold slow fire only should be made and a period of time not less than 5 to 6 hours should be allowed to reach full pressure
