A Report on Flax, Hemp, Ramie, and Jute: With Considerations Upon Flax and Hemp Culture in Europe, A Report on the Ramie Machine Trials of 1889 in Paris, and Present Status of Fiber Industries in the United States

Charles Richards Dodge

No 346756, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: {Contents:] Part I. Fiber Industries in Europe -- Flax Culture in Europe (Practice in Belgium – French Culture – Methods in Ireland) -- Foreign Flax-Cleaning Machinery (The Wallace Machine – The Johnson Machine – The Death Fiber Company's Machine) -- The Hemp Industry in France (Hemp Culture) –- The Ramie Machine Trials (The Favier Machine – The Armand-Barbier Machine – The Michotte Machine – The Landtsheer Machines - The Fleury-Moriceau Process) --- Part II. Fiber Production in America -- Flax Culture in the United States (Present Status of the Industry – Cultivation – Present Suggestions – Flax and Hemp Spinners' and Growers' Association) –- The Hemp Industry (Hemp Culture in New York – Hemp Culture in Illinois – Hemp Machinery) -– The Ramie Question (Status of the Ramie Industry) – Summary of the Situation -- Jute and Other Fibers (Other Fibers) –- Appendices: Appendix A. Botanical Considerations on the Ramie Question in France. Appendix B. Circular of Inquiry in Regard to Fiber Culture or Machinery. – Index.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 116
Date: 1892
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346756

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