The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-09


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,..- which attracted your attention.
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,.t Hctta1c, and will receive a large com
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r. comes to hand at this office.
SPLENDID CHANCE o CAPITALISTS.
N.sTH OR SoUTH Two years ago the
t,..,er and .Ncch4Btc gave a good deal Of
,--.ntlon to the subject Of introducing 'Jate
C..rure' in the South. We printed a six
...Imu article by the United States Consul
At Calcutta India, showing (by woodcuts)
rts methods Of planting, cultivation, and
.... ling the cotton plant tHtn brother,
which calls from American pockets tens Of
millions Of dollars every year
Yet, although every bale OF cotton IS
r.rLeI in lutte bagging, and every schooner
.T Our coasts SliIUulcu WITH Jutc toiu-
.ua. scarcely a ripple of interest was excited
Ia the article, little if any notice Of it was
taken By the press, aud not an extra copy
was called for.
We are pleased to remark, however, that
some Slight attention to Jute culture i be
Ginning to be taken. Mr.. Geo. Allen has
written on the subject Mr.. W. Ii. Oliver
has cent splendid samples to Northern jour
mails and the State Department OF AgIIcul-
ur. has several experiments III Progress,
under care of lead ne farmers, we believe.
Meantime let Us quote an article from the
New Orleans Democrat. 1t begius with the
following letter from a noted inventor:
Nine years ago | secured a patent tor
the d~isiutegration and preparation OF the
ts-assee fibre. Since then | have been pro-
claiming through the public papers that the
planters were losing annually from 5000,
uIp to $l2, 900, 600, which loss could easily
b. avoided, and yet up to the present day
nobody has manifested the least sign OF IN
terc>t. was offered once three cents per
pound for the bagassc fibre put in proper
shape. The application OF a few thousand
dollars might have developed an important
Industry to the State and saved the enoI-
nous sum Of 800 900, coo or 500, O0u, GOO
which have been WantOniy destroyed since
the issuing Of my patent, and yet the latter
wasa pIima facie argumea IN torm OF Il
trial. To-day, dear sir, you ask me IT | have
anv mechanical process to dlslnteSrate the
iutc fibre on a large and economical scale !
answer yes; but capital is necessary t.
,huw tangible results. With the experience
which | nave acquired, having spent two
wears of my life in doing nothing else but
,I.gacting the flores from all the plants
growing IN our gardens. fields and pralrles
:.'.ifal :, LaI;9virr tbsf with rho
- 49,. =. could can
$500. a,,.r,,.s which will disipteurate
fS.G;,;.,.5r 80 o.ono,r icauv
'~' - LL,arti,r - ;,tc fL,as ard pr--
.'- -
Tn H,R,NG IN
tL.+ tLis nAers y rare on
- a,aLr IT, .~vn.pd;tpr
~ 80 -, -, IN
,H" - ..sf,,Llai rvanti,n Cor there
r, .,,s.;nn - nrr r,iro ah,ut i,te he
- .ra ,,.-t r,T,aLIa rr,cs IN
NJ u"r..r = v.cU tnorrn
oon,Lnsr arI hog my va,rS devored
Fi,ns"if - the inveS,ir,ti6p of all sorfs of
fIr,.s to ha fouud IN ojr <t9ta nj, inyrn-
,;,n tnr n,ating n.n.r sock o7t of h,gs,,e
Which 10. f1r yaaT haon thrown aHav -
vnrtLI... = We beI;.vt very valuable or
-. L,a.t III Lcccma.n ;,s, a sonn as c,n.
i,,ijs invesied !. maxine naner from b.
rs,,a an eyert when is Certain in the near
F-,..ra e1ncriment b,vioo demonstrated its
.,t,ra ~eaxihiIitv and shown the cbeapness
.l...e Mn
Tra ioriy thing that his retarded the cnI-
t,-,;nn Of iutr On a arr. scale has been the
u.,. ~ .or1a choan an amid process for
J.",,.ar.t,pr tho nra which i man kstabie
q, % * II i washed ana dried and Which
+, .zcerdinrly valuable for a great variety
of lrrn,.es The stem. can he worked m
ia. -. 49, mr. conv.rtad into nonnr min.
,,. ,., .nd v~a.ta r,,k,s rho fn,st Kind
nj vr;tipg n,ner clo.,It resembling linen.
In r,annf rFtnTrinr cIn.b the fibre of the
n,,.r no. If the stem - mixad auth hair
wn,I III cntton and Enrn. while the nor,
pant Of the stalk. is used for making bag
gis-. which is the strongest and best III
the world.
IN our rich bottom lanjs the plant grows
.lem Twelve to sixteen feet high, and expe-