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Since 1879, the crops have continued
to increase at still larger ratio. In 1882
the crops reached nearly. 2,500,000 bales,
and during this year 1t promises to reach
nearly 100000 bales, Of 400 pounds
each, With all this prodigious increase
OF production, no where one sees the ac-
emulation of stalks.
The consumption keeps pace with the
production and seems to need all that
can be produced.
1t must be taken in consideration the
proportionate increase of consumption
in India, whore gunny cloth, bagging,
rope, etc, are manufactured in consider
able quantities, both for domestic use
and for export to Burmah, China, Europe,
America, Colombo and Australia.
am unable to give you exact or even
approximate figures as TO the money
value of the manufactured article, but
if | could do so my figures would amaze
you. The East Indies export over 2,000,-
600 bales of cotton, and every bale re-
quires from to Z yards of gunny cloth.
II exports hundreds OF thousands Of tons
linseed, rapeseed, poppy, teelseod, wheat,
rice, sugar and saltpetre; all the sacks
are made out of Jute. Besides indigo.
silk, opium, shelloe lacdye, and numerous
other articles, all Of which are covered
with cloth made out of Jute.
All these facts demonstrate that the
annual productive value of the Jute In.
dustry exceeds $l00,000,00O Of dollars
by far.
The money value of the imported raw
and manufactured Jute TO the United
States must be over $I0,000,000 annu.
ally-an item, very large even for this
great country, and which we may easily
save, in few years, il we only make an
intelligent effort TO raise Jute. Oul
wants for that article are enormous, and
yearly increasing. We need it for oul
cotton crops, of 6,500,000 bales, THU
year, with prospects to reach 10000
or 100000 of bales the next two o.
three years; and every bale of cot
ton requires Z yards of 2 TO q lbs
each yard. We need it for our bread
ytuhs for shipment to Europe, and 70
innumerable other purposes as aboy
stated.
But the question comes now, ia on
soil, climate, etc, suitable to the growtl
OF Jute, and can we compete with tn
cheap labor of India, where hand j
satisfied with ~ TO IS cts. day an
finds himself too; can VIC raise a Jut
crop that win pay usH
As to our soil and climate, we coul
not wish for anything better, and my e.
periments of the last four years in raj
ing .lute, enables me to state in the mo.
positive manner, that Jute grows in til
Southern States as luxuriantly as
does in India, if not better. This il
fact beyond a shadow Of doubt, and
dare say there are many here among.
you that have seen at my plantation 1
Brookhaven, my last years Jute crop {
about Is acres, and who can testify as |
the correctness Of my statements. Oh
Commissioner Of Agriculture, who h.
seen It, will, | am sure, give you all IL
information you may need on the SUI
ject.
This question once settled satisfa
torily, the next one arises as to wheth,
we can compete with midas cheap l
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Jute State Convention.

In response to call issued by Hon.
T.. G.. Wall, Commissioner of lmmigra-
ton and Agriculture, for Convention
OF all interested in the culture of Jute,
10 assemble at jackson on Wednesday,
Jan. II, 1883, the Convention was
called to order by Maj. +. G. Wall, upon
whose motion, Gen. 5, D. Lee was elected
Chairman, and w. A. Pollock, Secretary.
The Chairman, upon taking his seat, de
liyered an interesting and instructive
address.
Mr.. G. Menelas, Of Brookhayen, Miss,
the father OF Jute culture in the United
States, then read for the benefit Of the
Convention and the people at large the
following address:
JUTR.
Jute is an annual plant, cultivated
principally in Bengal. 1t grows from Z
TO Is feet high and very straight, branch
ing toward the top; its stem Is from
TO inchesin diameter, growing gradual
ly thinner towards the top end; its barl
is the fibrOus substance which is very
fine, aud used all over the globe for innu
merable commercial purposes,such for in
stance, as making wrapping and writing
paper, ropes, gunng cloth, gunny bagging
mattings, and carr cts. II is mixed witt
cotton, wooden an even with silk goods
The cultivation OF lutte in Bengal during
the last % years, has attained gigantic
proportions. G. not better illustrat,
that fact, than by wing you the follow
ing table, showing the exports Of Jutt
Reflections, and Is yta, to Europe and
America:
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SOME merchants insure their stock and
houses and neglect their children. WHY
not save the mothers heart and life by car
rying the baby box Of DIR. MoFTETr's
TEETHIHA { Teething P6wdersi) Otker taibeys
do a.-For sale BY Byron Lemly.
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PREPARING THE GROUND.

The land should be first deeply and
closely ploughed by double pillow Of
AZ 70 l6 inches, early in the fall, SO that
allvegetablematter turned under, should
have time to decompose and add to the
fertility Of the soil; early in, April, when
fears Of frost are passed, the land should
be ploughed again; as above, narrowed
carefully, so that the soil be completely
pulverized. The rows should be marked
and seed sown thinly with a dividing
machine.
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''TOugh on ChiIIs .

Cures 5 cases for Is cents in cash or stamps.
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charges, equal to
AK per cent. !
free on board. =.

You observe that 1000 bales weighing
100000 pounds baled and for ship
ment, were sold for 10000 rupees q ru-
pee is equal to 20 English pence or 40
cents of our money! or equivalent to 3
cents per pound, and perhaps only p
reached the producer. The total charge
on the +. and b. cost from Calcutta to
New York, including duty, are over 473
per cent; to them must be added the
charges and expenses from New York to
the market Of manufacturing the Jute
into goods; almost all of which will be a
saving to the Southern producer.
This illustration is conclusive as to the
advantages we have over India, in COM
peting with her in Jute raising, and the
sooner we make up our minds to intro
duce Jute culture in the South, the bet
ter off we shall be. The prosperity
and development of the South depends
entirely upon her diyersifying her crops,
and promoting new industries, Nature
seems to have been almost prodigal in
her allotment to the South such re-
sources. We have but to develop them,
and the world will be amazed with our
prosperity. therefore strongly advo-
cate the introduction of the silk culture
tho vine--and the Jute, and for the
culture Of the latter, beg now to offer
the following information in the hope
that Major Wall, Col. bennett, and other
eminent writers, win supply all that l
may fail to convey, Let us remember
that no crop receives less labor than that
of Jute, In three months and a half,
one has it from seed into fibre. | know OF
no other crop being safer than Jute. II
stands the drought as well as it does the
wet, and has no enemies, neither in
worms or any kind of insects, Jutt
natures and brings in money much ear
lier than either corn OF cotton.
SOIL FOR JUTE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOL
PLANTING 1T.
, Jute grows better ON soil mixed will
clay or sand, or sand combined with III
luvial deposit--but except the gravel,
! soil, all our lands of the cotton belt
. which are well drained, are suitable 70
/ the growth Of East India Jute; Of cours
Q the best soil produces the richest har
/ vest,
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met at 4 P. M, and tn
committee reported the following:

1OHNtHIlOu uleG dJ 4 II. M, anu UlG
committee reported the following:
Resolred, l. That we the people interested
in the proposed culture of Jute, hail with
qualification the opportunity which this pro-
duet may afford, of the Investigation Of
crops, and absolute divorce from the ruin
GUS system heretofore pursued of raising
cotton only.
2. From the evidence had from expert
mental culture in our own State, we are sat
ished that Jute can be successfully grown
in any portion of the State, the bottom
lands bordering the Mississippi river per-
haps being the best suited to its cultivation
and production.
8. BY the invention of Mr.. T. Albee
Smith, we are satisfied that the fibre can be
taken from the stalk or plant. and prepared
for the process of subversion in water, thus
doing away with the long, tedious and expen.
siye process by hand labor, and saving we
believe IS per cent. of that labor
A. That Maj L. G, Wall, Commissioner of
Immigration, and c. Menelas, Esq, be APP
pointed as a committee to secure Jute seed
from the U S, Commissioner of Agriculture
at Washington, or failing in that, to en-.
deavor to procure seed through the State
Board OF Immigration and Agriculture, 20 be
ready for distribution by April LIST, 1888.
Hon. +. Barksdale then offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolred, That with view to the promo.
ton OF the cultivation of Jute, the Commits
sioner of Agriculture be requested to me
morialize Congress to admit free of duty Jute
seed and the materials used in the manufac.
ture OF machinery for the preparation of
Jute.
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YIELD PER ACRE.

Various statements place the yield
from 500 to 5000 pounds per acre, and
although | am not inclined to refute
them, | don't feel justified in encourage
ing planters to calculate on such maxi
mum. We know as a positive fact, that
we can raise two, even more bales of
cotton to the acre. but how many of us
do it? So it is with Jute. We may come
to that later on, but fer q start, 1900 or
1000 pounds fibre per acre is an excel
lent yield. This at sc. per pound will
produce from $75 to 500 per acre, and
must be considered very good result
in view of the fact that Jute is crop
that requires less work than corn, and
which, in four months can be turned
into money, besides being the safest crop
to raise, as has been stated in another
paragraph
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without unduly purging the boSyn I,sl pa ..l.
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Dor, etc. This question seems 10 be sur
rounded withseriou difficulties, andifwe
had to depend entirely upon manual labor,
those difficulties would have been great
block in our way; but, luckily, this con-
tinent is inhabited by class Of people
whose inventive genius is as wonderful
rs its energy Is remarkable and
as great and diversified as the immen-
sity Of this big country. The ingenuity
Of our people who have solved 50 many
problems and infused such life in all our
industries and accomplished such Won
derful results, is ready now toplace at the
disposalof the Jute industry decorticat-
ing machine which like the cotton gin Of
Whitney, il destined to promote a new
industry and add enormously to the inn
mense resources of the South, and to
the prosperity of its people. In another
paragraph shall give some description
Of that machine, which will be of inter
est--but let me add here, that we com
pete with India in raising cotton, in spite
Of her cheap labor, and the time may
come when we shall monopolize the rails
ing OF that crop. The West began to
compete with her in raising flax seed,
which we used TO import in considerable
quantities, and two years ago we export
ed some to the old country. don't con-
slider it presumptious to say that we
shall raise our Jutc crops too, and not
only for our own wants, but we shall
also export largely, and our crops
worked more intelligently, will produce
far better qualities and higher prices
than the crops Of India.
Samples Of Jute, raised and prepared
at our plantation, have been exhibited
at New York and examined by one Of
the best experts and largest manufacto-
ries and pronounced as excellent in
every respect-length, strength and color.
Such Jute would be worth the highest
price paid for the best imported Jute
from India.
Here is now an invoice and account
sale Of Jute imported from Calcutta;
INVOICE OF 1000 BALES or JUTE FROM CAL
cUTTA TO NEW YORK.
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Instructive addresses were also made
by w. w. Stone and Maj. E. G. Wall.
Upon motion, the Chair appointed
committee of five to draft resolutions
indicating the sense of the Convention
upon the subject for which it was called; ;
said committee was named as follows: w.
A. Pollock, Chairman, G. HI. Smith, w.
w. Stone, G. Menelas and G. HI. Dixon.
Upon motion Maj E. G. Wall was added
to Committee. The Convention then
adjourned to meet at 4P. M.
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COST OF PRODUCTION.

This question naturally, will now be
asked by the public, what is the cost Of
raising Jute by that process2 We con-
slider it more judicious to give catego-
rical answer later on, on further intelli-
gent experiments next summer-but do
not hesitate to state, that upon facts
that came to our knowledge during our
operations last year, we can produce
Jute fibre, ready for the market Mt from
2 to 2ic, per pound, according to the
fertility of the soil and the care bestowed
upon the crop. Our experiments this
year with the decorticater, have been
carried on in our cotton-gin house, while
our principal object is to have machinery
which would work the crop, there where
it grows, and thus avoid all expenses Of
hauling the Jute to great distances ut d
considerable expense Of money and time
PROCESS IN USE IN INDIA.
Now as to saving the fibre by the old
water rotting process, used stillin India
the stalks should also be cut when in
bloom and allowed to remain on Tho
ground from two to three days in ordel
that the leaves may drop or; afterward:
they should be made into bundles Of
one hundred to two hundred stalks, tiet
with a stalk and placed in ponds o.
streams completely under water. The
stalks should remain there from ten Il
twenty days. Ii takes that time, ant
often more, for the fibre to get loose from
the pulp, and it must be examined iron
time to time, in order to be removed
from water as soon as the fibre become
lsoft when the stems are shaken, anC
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On motion Of Mr.. Stone, it was

Resolved, That this Convention does here
by resolve itself into an organization to be
known as "The Jute Growers Association
Of Mississippi" that each member furnish
his name to the Secretary, who shall pre-.
serve list of same; that Gen. s. ID. Lee be
constituted permanent President; and
that when we adjourn it shall be to meet
again at the call Of the President.
On motion, an Executive Committee
Of four was appointed by the Chair as
follows, to-wit: Hon. w. w. Stone
Chairman, G. Menelas, w. A. Pollock
and Maj. Il. G. Wall.
The thanks of the Convention were
rendered to Mrs. Morancy for the use Of
the rooms of State Librarian.
The Convention then adjourned sub
ject to call by the Chairman.
SD. LEE, Chairman.
w. A. Pollock, Secretary.
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Pamphlet Printing,

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RED CLOVEP

ORCHARD GRASS, TIMOTHY ANn :.
" Grass Seed. AND AIl
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sent 10 the market.
CROP FOR SEED.
As it requires from five to six months
for the seed to properly mature, and be
saved before frost, it is OF the greatest
importance to plant the crop early, in
rows three feet apart, and when six to
eight inches above ground the stalks
should be thinned from from eight to
twelve inches apart; the ground should
be prepared as previously directed, and
the crop be kept very clean, so as to pro-
duce large stalks and plenty Of seed.
CONCLUSION.
From the preceding facts placed be-
fore this Convention, which represents
the intelligent and agricultural wealth
of our great State, you will see that the
Jute culture aud Jute machinery have
passed the point of experiment, and
claims from all Of us active, and intel
ligent efforts to finally establish this new
industry, which will add immensely to
the resources of our State and to the
welfare of our people. Out of our de-
alterations to-day, all the most import
ant facts should be recorded, and placed
at the disposal of the entire press OF the
South, so that through this medium OF
that generous agency, may be spread all
over our land, for the benefit and infor-
nation of the rich and poor alike The
press, faithful to its mission, has been
very liberal in publishing information
bearing upon the subject, and will con-
tinue the noble work until the desired
end is reached.
But let our motto be, make haste
slowly. From all Parts of the South,
we receive letters asking for information
and instruction, where to get seed, how
and when to plant Jute crop, all evinc-
ing great disposition to plant five to one
hundred acres. To all such inquiries,
we think it our duty to state in answer,
that as it will be impossible for the first
year to supply in full the demand for
machinery, all interested in Jute cul-
ture, should be satisfied this year, to
raise small crops, from one to two acres
three-fourths of which for seed, and
balance for the rotting process. Direc-
tions for planting crop have already
been given in another paragraph, and as
to getting Jute seed, parties should apply
to their respective State Commissioners
of Agriculture. We expect to have
some ourselves, and intend to distribute
a portion to those farmers whose planta
tions have the necessary supply of water
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