546 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



VALUE OF JUTE FOR FABRICS. 



The place which jute now occupies among raw materials 

 wrought into useful articles, in Great Britain, may be infer- 

 red from the fact that the quantity annually imported nearly 

 equals that of flax. It is used not only for the production 

 of various kinds of coarse textile fabrics, but also for hats, 

 paper, carpets, and to a very great extent for women's chig- 

 nons. According to Dr. Hodges, the difficulties hitherto ex- 

 perienced in bleaching jute may be removed by passing the 

 raw material successively through baths of alkaline solutions 

 and of hypochlorite of magnesia and soda. In practice, jute 

 may be distinguished from hemp by its striking a deep 

 golden yellow with aniline sulphate. 15 A, August 29, 

 1874,278. 



