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  2. Jute - Wikipedia

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    Jute fabric Coffee sacks made of jute Jute fiber is extracted from retted stem of jute plants. Individual jute fibers can range from very fine to very coarse, and the varied fibers are suited for a variety of uses. The coarser fibers, which are called jute butts, are used alone or combined with other fibers to make many products: Hessian cloth ...

  3. Jute mill - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India, George Acland's Mill of 1855, at Rishra, being the oldest. [5] The world's largest jute mill was the Adamjee Jute Mills at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, which closed all operations in 2002. [6] Jack London worked in a jute mill before becoming a successful writer. [7]

  4. Jute cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Jute fiber being dried in sunlight after natural or microbial retting. Retting is the process of extracting fibers from the tough stem or bast of the bast fiber plants. The available retting processes are: mechanical retting (hammering), chemical retting (boiling & applying chemicals), steam/vapor/dew retting, and water or microbial retting.

  5. Jute trade - Wikipedia

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    The Dundee jute industry started to decline when the machinery manufacturers sold the machinery to Indian merchants who benefitted from easier access to raw materials and lower pay. [20] This is a famous example of free trade in which the liberal government was elected to not enact trade barriers allowing the Calcutta industry to win.

  6. Jute industry of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The nationalised jute mills were placed under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation. [3] Adamjee Jute Mills suffered from management problems after nationalisation. In addition, there was absenteeism and issues with union groups. [6] Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation was given the task of controlling the price, purchase, and sale of jute in ...

  7. Basket weaving - Wikipedia

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    Artist Lucy Telles and large basket, in Yosemite National Park, 1933 A woman weaves a basket in Cameroon Woven bamboo basket for sale in K. R. Market, Bangalore, India. Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture.

  8. Your Cholesterol Could Be A Key Indicator Of Dementia. A ...

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    Typically, dementia is associated with classic symptoms like confusion and memory loss. But new research finds that there could be a less obvious risk factor out there: your cholesterol levels ...

  9. Barrow Jute Works - Wikipedia

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    The Barrow Jute Works was a jute and flax mill located in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now Cumbria), England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] The mill was built for the Barrow and Calcutta Jute Company which was founded by James Ramsden in 1870 in an attempt to diversify Barrow's economy which was heavily focused on iron and ...