Ramie; a New Industry for the Pacific Coast |
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215 SANSOME STREET accomplish acre adapted AGRIC agricultural alfalfa attention average better brownish color cents per pound cleaned Cost of harvesting cotton covered crude fibre cultivation decorticating deep DEPT depth dry stalks durable ere long exceed Experiment fact factories FAILURE farmer feet FIBRE COMPANY FIELD CULTURE five four inches GEORGE give grain gross ground grown growth handsome height Immense Indian industry injured introduced Invention labor land layering LIBRARY machine manufacture moist obstacle once Pacific Coast perfection plowing prepared prolific PROPAGATING Rameh Ramie Plant ready realized render roots SAN FRANCISCO Sandy or loamy scale seems SEVENTH silk SOIL AND CLIMATE soon stem STOCK strength or lustre strong stronger Substances succeed success Suitable superior Supposing Tenacissima textile thickly thousands three crops three or four tion UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA valuable variety weeding WESTERN yield