The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-11-14


stalk is decorticated or refuc, "a to hbsy
by hand labor, willis in this ,onntry i,
would be impossible TO Obt I'm hand
labor cheap enough, ana ther has a
yet been no machine invent I'D t lat win
do the work perfectly, though results
more or less successful in pan have
been achieved.
In India the cost of pIowiag is 7sti,
mated at 81. 81 per acre, befng dona by
rude and primitive means and
teams. In Kentucky, which rsis..
5000 tons of hemp annually, the eoss
of blowing per acre is not one-Isalt d
this figure The cost of raising Herr.
per acre has, indeed, been itemized a..
follows:
Flowing one acre
One bushel of seed ..................., atN
Sowing seed and narrowing ........... a
Rolling ....................... ....... "a
SutGing helhp 49,. .''-''.'s'--....s...., 8 %
binding and SHOCKING Observation-Disclosures, n
Hauling and spreading ................ i0s
Taking up and stacking. ............... 81
BreaKlng -.'-'....-.....,....... 10 %
fSentOl lano'-. 10 90
Total................................s5sa
Prof. PT9eto;, in his report on helsu
culture in Kentucky. gives the aver
age yield per acre as 1000 pounds Of
clean fiber, making the cost Of henp,
fiber in Kentucky about three cents per
pound. The average yield Of iute
fiber in India is given in the Indian
Agriculturist, of Calcutta, as LOO
pounds per acre. The estimated yield
in this country, based upon small
sowings. has ranged from 1900 10
1000 pounds per acre.
In the management of iute crop
the following expense items that occur
In handling a hemp crop in Kentucky
would be dispensed with.
Binding and shocking. ......,............sfN
Hauling and spreading. -..-.......,.....s. 100
Taking up and stacking. ,............,.... %
Say rent Of Land. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
Total. ..... ...... ........... .....,......li5 8
Plenty of jute land can be obtained
in the Southern States at q rental d
So per acre. The handling OF the
stalks, however, would be greater ID
jute than with hemp. because there Is
much more to handle per acre, and
also a much larger return; but allow
ing a return of 1000 pounds per acre
and the same expenses as with hemp
in Kentucky, and the cost Of jutc fier
per pound would be only about II
cent If the same energy and ecoUo.
my were practiced in the management
of jute crop that exist in the culti-
walton of hempin Kentucky there is No
reason why jite could not be produced
for less than 2 cents per pound.
The amount of jute fiber consumed
in the United States is enormous; more
than 100000 jute sacks are annually
consumed in handling cotton seed
meal and cake. All heavy gunnies
are of foreign make. The annual in
crease in the consumption of jute fber
in the United States is greater than ii
any other nation. The United States
is a larger consumer of jute fiber for
handling the cotton crop and its prod.
ucts than all the rest of the world.
The United States is a larger consusa
of jute fiber for handling the grain
crop and its products than all the
world besides. The United States is q
larger consumer Of fiber other than
cotton for harvesting its grain crops
than all the other countries OF the
globe. The United States is also the
largest consumer of jute fiber in mis-
cellaneous fabrics, employing il in
greater variety of uses, than all other
nations put together
It is believed that with proper at
tention the cultivation of jute could
be made immensely profitable in this
country. The want of machinery Gao
hardly be regarded as fatal difficulty,
seeing that in the raising of hemp no
machine is used from the time Of seeds
ing to the bailing of the fiber other
than the well-known hemp-break. Il
jute was extensively cultivated intbe
South, the present trouble Of tha
farmer in regard to bagging for the
cotton would soon disappear.