The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1871-12-13
lucritive and intortnnt in tho Crescent

iucrltiVe and important in tho Crescen
city.
j. Tp,nell had me elegant substantia
trunks and vaiises rom his manuf.ctory OF
Baronne street. / makes these articles I,
order.
+. Z. Voight had scae fine armoirs an,
book cases on exhibition.
Cassidy q Millerhad specimens of their
work at the Fair Eley manufactured
sails, tents. and afnings in New Orleans
/ Their specimens Sow imt they are mas
ters of their business.
Homo made mo!;sseS barrels and suga,
Eogsheads were to be seen at the Fair
Some OF those wcrc made in New Or!ean:
by machinery. Soee of the barrels were
made of cedar, but most of them were q
cypress. Neater work is rarely seen in any
country.
J. Schwartz had fine display oe wheels,
spokes, hubs, fellows, and other material.
for carriages, bu@ts, wagons, etc. Ho
has new kind of fEsgy hub which he has
patented. He has ses, inns, trimmings,
all other materials Hp that line, and they
showed to fine Advantage. .at r .s
Eyart'a Patent Slntse machine attracted
I ssfeo'ui attention. i aas worked by enc 0.
Bakers eight horse foTer pcrt.-i..s e..s i.res,
OF which We have al.saiy spoken in pre-
vious issue. This machine needs sis
horse power engine % drive it, and can saw
three thousand shiagls per hour. The
| shingles are so sawed that the surface is
left nearly as smooh as though they were
shaved with drawing knife. Two saw
and two machines of Evarts patent were at
work; one of the saws running horizontally,
the other perpendicalarly. The large cir
cular saw commonees cutting the shingle
at the side Of the block Instead of the end,
as the cid shinsis' stachines WORT. The
horizontal machines costs $3.50, the per-
pendcular 1855. Ihxter's ten horse power
engine costs Sl075, Why do cypress shin
giles in Louisiana ell at from S5 to So a
thousand when oneof these machines can
turn out 10000 in day, and an edsing
maahin". tended hya couple of boys, can
edge them ready tob be put on the roof. and
keep up with the single machine
Duncan f. Kennr had at the Fair mag
niicent specimens of clarified sugar made e
on his plantation, It was as white as snow.
aud as dry as desertsand.
We saw Specimens of sugar purporting to
have been made at the Ricohoe plantation
ttate Judge PalfrT's) on Bayou .Teche.
One of the partner who run the Rcohoe
plantation, and WHO saw the specimens
above mentioned aliha State Fair. informed
us that that they lave abandoned the air
treatment as fat tiailnre. and that Duncan
F. Kenner has thoroughly tested and con-
demned it. Why % the parties interested
in the air treatment of sugar still claim for
it complete success, aud 50 represent it
at the State Fair
The Stern Bros sad samples of their su :
per-phosphates, and other articles made at
their New Orleans factory, at the Fair.
We have often referred o this enterprisins
firm in past numbers of this journal. They
utilize all the beef heads, feet and lecsof
beeves. and waste grease from the slaught-
erhouses. bones, and other materials of the
city of New 0keans. These materials
were formerly wasred, they are now all
turned to valuable account. They were
formerly sources of disease. The Stern
Bros. have made them sources of health,
and profit. ------7----1 -
Seward ID ruy rair. They were prepared
with great care, and were admirable speci-
mems of these products of Southern soil.
We felt disappointed, and ast2pishspAe spet et
not -i.ali.-ruurrt', at'the Fair. We expected
to see two or three specimens credited to
Louisiana. and one or two from Georgia. A
gentleman from Georgia who claimed to
have ramie on the brain told US that certainly
one good ramie machine from Georgia
would be at the Fair; and that it would be
considered complete success. But the
machine did not arrive.
Well, there is no money in ramie until
we have machines to put it in marketable
condition. When we have such machines.
at moderate cost, there is no doubt that
ramie will be a much more profitable crop
than either sugar or cotton.
There was no jute fibre exhibited at the
Fair. Why this failure? There are per-
sons not far from New Orleans who have
cultivated the jute plant this season, and
who might have had fine specimens of Lonis-
lana jute fibre and stalk at the Fair. This
plant grows as well in Louisiana as ramie,
and is much more easily prepared for mar
ket. 1t is the material that East India cot
ton bagging is made of.
There were no cocoons at the Fair. A
Spaniard not far from New Orleans is rails
ing cocoons for the Italian market, and says
the demand is immense, and the profits
great. He says the Italian cocoons have in
late years been defective. and that the
American supply gives them better, stronger
and longer lived silk worms. There ought
to haye been specimens at the Fair.
Louisiana has the best.Salt in the world,
that of Petit Anse Island, and yet no speci-
mems were at the Fair, while Turks Island
and Liverpool were well represented.
No arrow root. either the root or the
material. was at the Fair! Thirty
years ago many a planters wife raised and
made her own arrow root, for starch, and
for sickness. And it was considered equal
to that of Jamaica Or Cuba. The root is
as easily cultivated as sweet potatoes, and
the seed can be as conveniently saved.
Ginger root csn also be raised in the
Southern part of this State, and indigo. and
sisal hemp, and many other things which
lana snuff and smoking tobacco at the Fair.
The celebrated Periqus tobacco, grown in
the parish of ST. James, for snuff and
smoking purposes, beats the world.
The preserves. jellies. canned fruits, and
pickles. made by Mr.. G. w. Dunbar, in
New Orleans. showed off to fine advantage.
We learn that Mr.. Dunbar makes articles
in his line of business as fine, as palatao ie,
as delicate, and as beautiful in all respects
as these made in France, or in any part OF
Europe. They are certainly as deli