The Length of Sisal Fibres with particular reference to Grading Problems

Abstract

The producers of sisal fibre are now taking great interest in the grading of their product. The arguments in favour of grading are familiar to everybody, and I need not recapitulate them here. My purpose is to summarize some of the data which have been accumulating at Amanien the variation in length of sisal fibre: in the light of this knowledge to discuss whether gra dm"g" IS practl"Ca-b.1e , an r..1 , "If so, to suggest the most suitable characteristic of the fibre tembody in a grade definition.