The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-21
OF RANlE
,,.,., Species Produced in This
State.
,o,sIplITIES ARE UNLIMITED.
a.n,ieman who is Endeavor-
ID VIE Il Raised in Texas on
NJ" . Large scale'

n Album, general manager OF
.rr,s-ribre and Land company was
n ,bs Houston Cotton Exchange
r'm Nd entertained a number OF
sr's business men with a general
CIV the possibilities of ramie cui-
MIR. Album had samples
u .howing the dried ramie stalks,
!. tber degummed fiber machine
:" shor Chinese hand-cleaned hher
..srsd and chemically prepared
"a the ramie manufactured into
y. Kinds Of goods. The chemically
=, ramie is beautiful, snow
"a so.sv strong. silky fiber. unlike
~. slss in the line of textile fibers.
~, has already eAperimented with
md II has been found especially
"a the soil Of this State. MIR.
.,vs ramie raised along the coast
.,-y Of Texas and Louisiana is rec
~ as the finest in the world. His
10 therefore much interested IN
,ha nlant raised In this section
o,deayoring to bring i to the
..,,n NJ farmers. They have made
easements to plant 5oo0 acres IN jet
!, county. 1000 In Braaoria and VIII
have largo acreage in Liberty,
M and Harris counties. In this
=, they have air fifteen acres
,gntyation on Bray's bayou. about
!, and one-half miles from the city,
S,,ow Gus Warnecke's place. Mr..
g.u NJ. Rice also mas an acreage near
! which has proven very success
apartment
n tamic plant grows to a netgnt OF
10 seven feet, and the stalks arc
IA as thick as a lead pencil, aud con-.
the fbers bound together with
This gum was Tor years the Ch-
I, In the way of successful manu-
llrs Of the ramic, hut "A mechanical
chemical process has recently been
,bei that successfully prepares the
for commercial and industrial rur-
n The proccss Of removing the wood
4 Of ramie Is called "dccOrticatng,'
formerly this was done 10y hand.
,sll, being A collection of long. green
iolored rods about a.s thick as a knit
needle A machine was recently
\ in New orleans which does this,
m viii do the work of nineteen men
4 company represented by Mr.. Adj
guarantees that every pound of ramic
raised IN this state will sell for
II A much higher price can Z, morally
.h,ained hut this IS guaranteed. me
!. IN small quantities cost s.. on to 81 90
NO. but they can he purchased as
Aeo where II Is intended to pant
age acreage The roots are rather
h now. but "A large cargo from tuatn-
A Is expected nj New orleans. I'm n
weeks. About 5000 roots or bulbs VIII
III an acre. Rainir Is a perennial ana
h the first planting no new roots are
tid for about ten or twelve years. or
~ It Is evident that the constant cut
has caused the original plant to de-
pnte in growth. The bulbs multiply
ciingly fast and as soon AZ n start IL
II 10 this State II viii be very easy to
Pr a supply sufficient to plant many
Enbi acres.
eeIe OF ramie yields about GOO pounds
iNtiing, and fully three cuttings can
zte In Texas a wear. making the
he yield $500 pol,nds Win rnrnful
ntion five crons n vear nave ncnn
ra from this wonderful plant notn
pant and the fabrics made az IL
rpel the attacks Of insects rs
Rance dlsconrapes weeiIs ,,,1 I,yn,nrs
ibor Of tilIaua 80
-tng the widely diversified rr,,,,,,..
h Of ramie are rotos ma ~, NJ ,rsf
~ the strength of ,narjiia o,,,,'
isebths that svo,I iho ', ,.,a,.. Hy,up,
. lace that eouals tbe GcltCn,v ~
10 and surpases its d,ir,bjIitv. ntre5
rivals the lustcr Of seelsi,,n. y.,,.",.
-asM aud brotufcs wh1,se ,>,,,,,,,,t
nenbarrasscs a flutbe, od,.o,,,t.',,,,,.
lile art. Ranie n. ron,hir,'t, No. "
.. linen. wool md lii. i VIII
10 the mixed tsvt,,,.'' ",'u !, away
ater usef,,lns.s eNt,Tt an element OF
'tieis, cravats o1 oSuuty. IN hand-
camets and shau. Jis'iE, III cam
pts and draperi,.. II, ~ Hl'"VdS'
Exception of sii,s .',,, VIII inc pos
With which il ~ fr,l,., -, ,ur 70 the
h fiber of rar,is is, ~ woven
Volt The leavcs Nv, tlie soie source
a9ie and hav a.. .aN' outaNS Tor
With the vS,,,, 0 th.y iertilize the
p requires or elvhnents which the
nllous fodder 1I,o Us, a. cheap ana
~ pulp for tho , no woody stalk yields
als Of the Na,,r VT ~ I i,aclure OF paper.
;ay Of this natnrtai '""'e are made
Album was a,',l,,,.,.
" Of ramie raised '' IN Este IN his