...cheaper imported fibers for cordage, like jute, sisal, and Manila hemp, and the...of the Japanese, and shipment of jute from India curtailed, American hemp must... of stalks in the bough-string stage indicates that retting is well.... A wooden bucket is used. Twine is used for the tying,... hemp into rope yarn or twine in the old Kentucky river ... spun from American-grown hemp; twine of various kinds for tying ...