Cotton and other vegetable fibres : their production and utilisation (1917)
Goulding, Ernest, 1870- · London : Murray · leaf 160
is water standing at the rootsor covering the land, the plants tend to producesurface roots, which injure that portion of the stemon which they arise and consequently render the fibreless valuable ; drought, on the other hand, causes theplants to be stunted, and in dry districts the fibreproduced… … From the Collections of the Imperial Institute Jute [Corchoriis olitorius)132] JUTE CULTIVATION 133 yields, but it is said that the stems do not ret uniformly.Sandy soils produce coarse fibre. Rich loams, thatis, rich mixtures of clay and sand, seem the best.In India, the finer varieties are…
Cotton growing · Textile fibers
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