The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-17
Experience With Jute in Louisiana.

Mr., Il. Lefrsnc, of New Orleans.
who has devoted much attention 70 The
culture of both jute and ramie. in
forms the department of agriculture
Ihat he has succeeded in raising The
nrst regular crop in America, of which
ne recently shipped nineteen bales to
the markets of st. Louis and New York.
70 De tested by the manufacturers.
als crop was raised in Plaquemine
farlsh, Louisiana, and he believes the
CULTIVATION of the fiber will be rapidly
multiplied by other planters If that
Fecton. Mr.. Lefranc writes to the de-
partment as follows
AS explained before, this lutte fiber
was dec0rtica;ed from dried plants
winch bad already given their seed. It
Is the second product of the stalks.
and for that reason the staple NAV not
DE mighty ciassed in comparison with the
India article worked in green. But 7
nave put enough of good quality in the
oa'es TO prove that we can advantage
0nsly compete against foreign lutte.
1ne decorilcating machine cleans il
more thoroughly ana secures a larger
Suantum OF strong filament than the
ORDINARY hlndostan. The refuse of the
machine Is good for paper.
u
regarding the economy of this rev
INDUSTRY am now practically saiisfed
tnat the figures of cost have given in
my treatlse were sufficiently high. Our
expenses Tor cultivation scarcely reach
40 per acre; for multiplication. SI5
These are still subject to imprCvsron,,t
wherever a closer organization can he
established, 0''I4 nc
Inc yleid ls also satisfactory. Wber-
ever the stand was normal. we cbto;nn5
the proportion of one ton per acre. In
average me INIT is of over two pounds
per 1907 nigh on the surface of an acre
ana the plant averages ten feet in ony
land" ii0H' Holst
&r. Lefrance speaks verv confdaDt1,
Oh his success in organizing tbe Iaboy
OF ibis new and promising irdistrv
MS machlne, be says, is ACTUALLY n nro.
uucIng TACT. 1t works verv well end
on drled stalks, which have fra fTr
h,shed their seed, as well as ON ,reor
plants, thus recurring the irnporfoTt ra.
suit OF obtaining both seed and fber
from the crop. The fiber obtained is
strong and fine enough to brino, 81
TOUR and half to five cents q 1,o1,1.5
In gold The faculty of workiro 49,
p ant dried ls5fmportant, as IL eTiends
tne manipulating period through the
Gun winter season, when labor is -abTn-
dant and cheap. MIR. Lefranc ren,ar i5s
The production or Weld is sc - iara %
as the ability of the feeding benda o 81
reach. The burches of fifteen n '% ar
twenty stalks engaged at the tine orc 70
almost instantly transformed into to- c1s arp
nLament. Hemp, ramIe, hibiscns and
any long hbrous plant are eousIIv well
treated treated by the apparatus, which carscl
lty and power can be increased SO 1@ a $40 70
Pr9auce tons and tons daily" 40 ~
These assertions are base5 -, 49,
practical facts, and as soon as tbev Vii iii
DC believed and applied in onr lone NO,
Ls Tx growing sections. the connIry
VIII cease to be tributary for our actnoI
enormous % import of foreign stonia
From new observations, / can 70 ostor So
o onaS ordinary jute growth gives an az
sTage OF at least one ton ner ora or az" of
9Def! and that the whole cost of Dr q,
ouction VIII not exceed S25 Tn od 20
MOST mo, Iand Jute grows ten feet in sver,
ssSe, ana has One-thiTd of IFS ho5y =,
noer; The mower and reaner 10y ar9lia IA
I'll wheat cut jute perfectly well. ''o"