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Show Make Paper From Grass. Paper making Is being tried out I South Africa. One of the mnteiiala under Investigation hns been the tum-bookle tum-bookle grass which grows luxuriantly over vast tracks of country In tho Transvaal, particularly In the northern parts. This grass bus been proved to yield, under the same conditions, mora pulp than Algerian esparto grass, but a little less than Spanish espurto. Not only Is the yield high, but the pulp lo of good quality and can be easily bleached. The most remunerative uso for the grass will probably be to convert con-vert It In South Africa Into "half-stuff," "half-stuff," which run be exported to Eu rope or used for paper-making locally. |