St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-26
JUTE, THE COMING STAPLE.


The cultivation ~ Jute in India
consists "f thorough preparation.
# the iand AS for Vvhe..t. the seeds.
y hici, aru about the slza of Whit.
:..uslard, are sown broadvlst anu
narrowed or bruised in. and there
is no more work pecrssary until lii.
pinut is really t, be cut. The t.lne
.ur cuttins is Indicated by the bloom.
wu.cn will appear in two and u hall
months TIE iibIe u ut that time
oest, AMI heco,n, Is harsh If the plant
IL allowed 10 stau. until the SEED
rl..ens.
Iii stated in the United States
Ar.cuiiurti hep hts that the .ieln
"f Ute fibre per acre in India is
eight times that of cuttton ml the
same quantity of land. aud that thu.
average height Of the plant Oh good
laid. in six or seven feet. and that
As early as 1874 India exported
more than LOU, O0O. U0J pounds ol
Jute fibre.
The preparation Of the fibre is
very simple. the stalks are bound
IN bunn.es aud thrown into the
hay"us TOR drainiHg cannls and
dirches where they are allowed to
remain q week. when the fibre tie
comes soft and nlushy and is shaken
from the stems, washed and dried
III the sun. and Is ready for use Or
market
That part which grew neares:
the ground is cut off from t stlve
TO eight inches lous and becomes
the Jute butts Of commerce. The
other portion If the fibre. which is
q. long las Lne stem, is twisted into
hanks. assorted and pressed into
bales. The timer fibre is "ru.t-,i"
underneath running water. car.
being taken to keep it we'll nnter
the water to preveat deterioration.
The fibre from ti.e upper portion
ui the stems is snft aI,i lustruns iii,
s.ls. AL car. Ii NECESSARY tO asrer-
lam tue right moment when the
aliuinrn and starch of ths bark is
sufficiently 'ruited" (fel ipented) 10
WISH uui readily and tree the fibre.
The agricultural report If 1879
states that The plant can be pro-
titaby grown Wherever in th.
Southern 5 ates there is hot,
damp climate. an,l II moist coil of
sandy clay or alluviai mold" but
reports oil practical farmers from
,tiffrrei.t parishes Of Louisiana es
rnb.isn the fact beyond doubt tha,
tue climate Of ths state and all its
varieties oi soil are sminently suited
tu the cultivation Of the plant. In
deed, the reports from all the cot
ton States ffo.p South Carolina u
I.xas intricate that it h..n,isnes in
any soil winch vii grow cotton. H.
Luusi.nu tine best reports ARE from
tie uiluvi.si lands Mhrr- II grew
rom twelve iD sixteen feet high;
but reports from the pine hills ara
i.rs, .nd ii,u ,,railie aud study sen.
coast are saiisin tory. At C,vins-
ton, il, tn" pal isL of 81 Tammany.
II grew i.iil.,n f e, high.
The Large rr'a oi nI,en laiai il.
Lous sians III; ject u ave, HpM from
GRAND Lrv,e .nd b .nlnt Carr.
creyassts eau be- G:.de. ayailal h. b,
Printing IN JIte AFTER th- water,
r, cedr. UDiiks other crops. il l.
not h,u;est.d 10y norIns and insecis
u i.icb fui.Dm nh overflow ard tie
struy yonng plants as suon AS t,i....
.pluut. lusiersl, there IL nr .nin..
NIGH viii, eat the Ju;s aud it j.
less subject tp d,sns.ei AMI mifavnr-
able weather than any crop g,Owh
lb the South.
L. is IA mistake. ho.ev-r. 10 snip
,,ose tina; Ju,e silouid he pialt. "a
ia Vet, ..i.r.,ii. ~. und. Wine IT
viii grow a'I.irI c,ic"in >taures that
"ouid xiii another ciup. 1t does
bert ON well tiral,isd nj.
il Is rldl'.ied ny t,i"se w::o have
ulanseh it III Tile v.cinity Of cotton
thai It's rrnk oour .irises away in
sects d.-strLcsive 10 the crop.
Tnere are other rensons xtl.h