The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-30
R.n.i., 81 lliya.lon and preil..


& We hav Seeived an interesting pamphlet
Of fif,y pa1Rj upon the cultivation, harvest
log and Filtration Of the Ramie, from C.
@. Kauff3n tusentor, of the Decortio,ting
Machil3St New Orleans. To sny one
wishing b engage in the cultivation of Ramie
this n phlst win te invaluable, as it gives
full lkpoficps opou every poiut, FROM the
.e,ect differsat species Of Ramie
for;pl - ,yegx- last mpment Of SELL
< Epr. -%saw rs eO'neH
Nuia,s ! s.,fsko fibre Of tho Rsmie, twen-
tS roa "a ago, We hTe believed that it
wS ye1 ,aly become Rn important "d-
junN m ~ st, Il, dill DO4 4upereeds Cotton
in 'N Saetasaa Of may of tho finer fab
RIGS o R'Ss,Sgapparti. RI fibre is stronger,
fully as fiHe, md has moro silk appear
rance thdn ton The dly difficulty in
its way il the want ola quIk, simple and
cheap fay Of decorticatiuI it and preparing
it for market. This diftic}ty Mr.. Kaufman
overcome by the decortdting machine in.
vented by him.
Tue next important CO. ;derations are the
price Of the machine, anf whether i. can be
operated and unltrstcod ns easily as the
Cotton Gin. NJ it's /, It and machinery are
such that . meebiuc unnot be bought and
run .proatably in evNry neighborhood, it
may be a long tpebs the Farmers will
change their Csfoh ie'dsinto Ramie fields
O9 9jSS,h handp, as -Ramie Heauires
! ,hrsy enc anfng in life time AMI yields
su.ti,p, * ssyyf ysarn It 5dlay dlaya 6e made d 7e-y
prof. .b,s prop by shipping the stalks some
dis anSe o dcc,,tica,iug u achiue.
/ Tho owing extract taken from Mr.
Knuffm IS pamphlet seems to he q very
honest timate of the value Of tho cop on
one aop
VALU OF THE CRoP.--Since it has beer
demonstrated that ramie fibro can be used
oy wo9 spuncrs the prices offered fol
decort4te ribbons have more thar
double4 AS evidence Of this, sales hav.
reoentlJ been made in New Orleans a
eight Ems per pound, and nine cent.
IL now 9fferod by parties here and als,
ut the 4nrlh. Basing the yield Of green
stalks n fifteen tons per acre, the value OF
which MT less thar seven dollars por ton
would i've return Of hundred and five
dollars, which, afier decortioation, would
produce fifteen hunlred pound. of dry rib.
bons worth nine cents per pound or one hun
dred and thirty dollars this would leave
a marsiaaftaip'y d'll,rs per acre for de-
cort'cating, aud should pay profit Of Fl tteer
dollar for thai work, which of itself woult
soon pay the cost ofa deco rticating machine
and it mny be FUND that the green stalks
should be valued at moro than seven dol
lars per ton. However, when the sma!
cos, of production is considered, tha. pric,
ought to be quite satisfactory to the planter
The cost of getting stand of ramie de
pends largely on the nature of the soil, pric,
Of labor, fcr'ilizng, aud cost Of roots
Planters in their several localities ar,
best able t. calculate the expense OF
plowing aud preparing their land 70,
planting and cultivation for the first year
after which the cost of cultivation should no
amount to over three dollars per acre, but
the returns from the crop of the first yea,
| will be much less than those of the secont
and subsequent years. 1t may be said tina
no one in this country has had sufficient
practical experience on q large scale to give
definite figures on al matters of expense
connected wi h the production Of ramis ready
for market, Gt the following estimates
b,'e i0S2 nal production Of Sdc..s