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“...the feeders, and
three others carrying away the fibre to the drying ground
adjoining.
It is the most simple thing possible, requiring no skilled
labour. One fibre machine is required for every hundred acres
of plants.
Pg. 84. The engine is driven by an Indian. Many of the
engines are supplied by Brown & May, and the wheels are
all from DAeth & Allwood, Leicester.
The working hours at this farm were from 4 a.m. to 12
noon, or earlier, it the 8,000 leaves to each machine were
cleaned, with an interval for breakfast.
The fibre is all housed the same day, the machine men in
the afternoon lending a hand in gathering it in from the drying
1) In Yucatain....”
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