Though it is still used in rope, twine, potato sacks and carpets, sisal is being steadily replaced by nylon and other synthetics. Its last bastion is agricultural twine, which now accounts for 75% ...

Weaned piglets, finishing pigs and breeder pigs also liked to chew on sisal rope. However, they wear the rope down rather soon, and it needs to be replaced. For this reason, the cost-benefit ratio of ...

While farmers use the twine to hold hay bales together, sisal also has other uses. Heavier rope is used in the shipping industry because it has a natural resistance to saltwater. It’s also used ...

A group of farmers is wrapping up hay bales with an old-fashioned twine to test it as an alternative to plastic string and plastic netting. The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used ...

Mr Alex Odundo demonstrates how sisal fibre is processed using one of his home-made machines, called the decorticator. Right: The spooling machine, which is used to twine sisal fibres. The machine ...

STANDARD ROPE AND TWINE. Share full article Sept. 18, 1901 The New York Times Archives ...

ELIZABETH, N.J., Nov. 8. -- The Standard Rope and Twine Company, with a capital of $12,000,000, filed articles of incorporation this morning with County Clerk Howard.

Farmers test eco-friendly alternatives to wrapping hay Farmers in Cornwall are wrapping hay in twine made from sisal Kevin Hay BBC News, South West 17 October 2024 ...