The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-12-26
RAMIE.-RAMIE.

For many years the RamIe plant has been |
talked of and grown by us in Louisiana, but
when its luxurant growth yielded stalk far |
surprising that produced in China, India or
France, then came the perplexiug question,
WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH TT
men ofinvantiye genius as they thought, came
to the rescue OF the planter with his ramle.
Many inventions were patented as our patent
office in Washington will show, but not one OF
them up to this TINS could dec0rticate and
cleanse the stalk producing fibre 10 DO
worked into textiles.
The International Fibre Company Of New
York the Directors being men Of influence and
wealth have in the interest OF onr country r
common, purchased and now owl the greatest
and most complete decOrticating ma chine ever
invented, and which is o complete in It's re
suits that nothing is left to the desired. Thege
are two machines, one an American invention
and another called the Sehiefuer machine in
vented and patented III France, and this mar
vellOus working instrument has become the
property of the International Fibre Company
not only for he United States but for England,
Canada, Mexico and all the southern Ameri-
can States lying adjacent to our southern
States.
General Leonard Sewell with an enterprise
worthy OF great praise has purchased the right
to sell or otherwise employ this machine on
our Louisiana RanIie which has been accred-
| tied by all to be of larger growth and yielding
more silky texture than that grown III other
countries. We hail this as IA new in our
| Agricultural interests being a promise Of
wealth to Louisiana, that will probably far
surpaas that OF rice. sugar or cotton. Our
| troubles of how to utilize the material is now
sslved-and now We can exclaim "EttrekG.
In China the ramie is decOrtcated by hand,
one man only being able to cleanse, separate
| or tibefizs or pounds day. The machines
heretofore used in France broke up the stalk,
wasted The material and then only gave small
quantity of fibre. In England where they have
/ ugCHItlgatilU Is also detective
the AFFINITY to hberizo so limited that 1t has
ceased t. be profitable. Now one OF these
deeorticating machines of the international
tlOre JO.,OWned Tor Louisiana by Gen, SeWeil'
will with the assistance OF two small boys,
yltld or rather decorticate hye tons OF ralnle
IN nine hours which Gen. SeHell estimates as q
days work.
IL is hardly necessary for us to call our poo
pie, ahd the planters in particular, to the fact
that SUCH IS the peculiar soil OF Louisiana and
its adaptablliig tor the growth OF RaInle thai
it viii Yield three crops year and each eroE
VIII give over twenty tons OF hamle stalk T.
the acre. 1t will require 3G0Oroots tile presOn
price at 81 per NJ, viii cost 500 II we plant =
acres costing So per acre at cost OF sl200
the result OF roofs IN one year from ~ acre.
Will enlhle you to plant out 3OU acres Tor eaci
root viii yield fully 10 extra roots TO be piantet
out in more acreage. Thus If you plant q
acres IN February, in June you can plant on
, BOD acres In oetobar you Will get hal
80
crop strengthens and you get three crop
of full yield, quitting aside the fact that then
7 is Il yearly yield OF three full crops, aud takin
the baeis OF only two crops On go acres tn
gross yield should BE- at least 20 tons of stall
per acre or Quo tons or i2SU0,OUO, pounds q
stalk which after passing through the decor
) tieatihg machine 1t VIII Yield per cent 9
! hbre which VIII be 924,Uo0 OF cieanFu h9r
worth ut the lowest cents per pound, 81 in
tho enormous return of ousr 1000 dollSr
# lrom which deduct the cost OF cult atln
: winch IS very small, because atter tht ~
- year there 10 no need to buy roots but az coz
!, 10tre you VIII nave roots To plant out IS 'a'tT
. more acres as may be desirable and have oo'
y TO sell besides. Gen. Seweil has freely th.i
: toned t" enquring amongst Other tAiA4
mat dec0rtieating machine viii MOI eli
- over or hundred dollars and that win vi
LOUISIANA Branch Company. or the lht,lni
= tiOnai at New YORK viii bay the Ramc a5tt
y dcou'tieAtioh or advance 20 growers Tor shii
meut Tally Ccnts Der pUuud.