10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HENEQUIN»
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henequin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
henequin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Transcript, stating that the henequin growers of Yucatan sought to free
themselves from the domination of the International Harvester Company in the
matter of fiber prices. As the Yucatan planters have had a monopoly of the sisal
fiber trade ...
T EN thousand years ago the natives of what is now Yucatan used to take the
fiber of the henequin plant, weave it into ropes, and hoist the immense rocks with
which they constructed their wonderful temples and palatial buildings. Today
those ...
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The Boy Travellers in Mexico: Adventures of Two Youths in a ...
These fields that stretch for miles in every direction between the coast and the
capital," said he, "are not covered with the maguey from which pulque is made,
but with henequin. Henequin belongs to the aloe family, as does the maguey,
and it ...
Thomas Wallace Knox, 1890
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The American journal of science
Hays, was made, and not from the fibres of the Henequin. As there are two
species of fibrous plants employed in Guatemala, for making ropes, the one
cultivated expressly for its leaves, the other called Pinuela, being used also for
hedges, it is ...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts
Hays, was made, and not from the fibres of the Henequin. As there are two
species of fibrous plants employed in Guatemala, for making ropes, the one
cultivated expressly for its leaves, the other called Pinuela, being used also for
hedges, it is ...
The revenue had fallen off $54,000,000 (Mexican), yet the export duty on
henequin, which yielded $800,000, had been removed to aid the farmers. There
was nothing unusual in the message; but what was going to be the President's
answer ...
Alfred Emanuel Smith, 1908
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The International Year Book
One of the products of first importance is the henequin crop of Yucatan. For the
size of the country and the suitability of its soil and climate, Mexico's sugar output
is very small, amounting annually to 70,000 to 90,000 tons, all of which is used in
...
Frank Moore Colby, Harry Thurston Peck, 1900
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... Productive Plant Husbandry: A Text-book for High ...
SISAL AND HENEQUIN These two plants both belong to the genus Agave and
are thus related to our common century plant (Figs. 203, 204 and 205). If the
leaves of a century plant be examined, fibres may be discovered along the edge
of the ...
The revenue had fallen off $54,000,000 (Mexican), yet the export duty on
henequin, which yielded $800,000, had been removed to aid the farmers. There
was nothing unusual in the message; but what was going to be the President's
answer ...
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The International Year Book: A Compendium of the World's ...
One of the products of first importance is the henequin crop of Yucatan. For the
size of the country and the suitability of its soil and climate, Mexico's sugar output
is very small, amounting annually to 70,000 to 90,000 tons, all of which is used in
...
Frank Moore Colby, Harry Thurston Peck, Edward Lathrop Engle, 1900
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HENEQUIN»
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henequin is used in the context of the following news items.
Mayans unfazed about the end of the world
The Maya suffered under Spanish rule and were treated "almost like slaves," harvesting henequin, a plant with sword-shaped leaves, ... «USA TODAY, Dec 12»
