578 REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



States. For the whole country, in the same year, there were 90 dressed- 

 flax mills, 33 for bagging, and 9 for linen goods. Those manufacturing 

 dressed flax and linen goods were located in ten States. The following 

 table gives the number of mills in each State, number of hands em- 

 ployed, and amount of i^roduction. 



DRESSED FLAX. 



states. 



Dlisoia 



Indiana 



Michigan .... 

 New Jersey.. 

 New York . . . 



Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Vermont 



Wisconsin ... 



Value of 

 products. 



$91,400 



6,000 



5,700 



33, 300 



284,385 



346, 405 



4,300 



22,020 



2,500 



19,000 



FLAX AND LINEN GOODS. 



Michigan 



Maaaai'.hugctts . . 

 New Hampshira 



Ne'w York 



Pennsylvania ... 

 lUiode Island ... 



.1.225 

 ^90, 260 

 175, 000 

 163, 900 

 12, 000 

 374, 40« 



By reference to the above table, we find that the total production of 

 dressed flax for the whole country amounted to $815,010, while the 

 manufactures are almost double, or $1,516,775. 



In the manufacture of bagging, flax is not taken into account sepa- 

 rately, jute and hemp being included. The materials used, however, 

 in the 33 bagging-mills enumerated below were as follows : American 

 hemp, 7,063 tons; flax tow, 3,050 tons; jute, 5,691 tons; jute yarn, 

 4,672 tons, and other materials to the value of $109,413, making a total 

 valuation of $2,624,684. The products were : Bagging, 12,287,922 yards 

 of bagging, 1,215,000 yards gunny-cloth, 942,804 yards cloth, 767,296 

 pounds yarn, and other products to the amount of $47'3,260, a sum total 

 of $4,034,404. There were reported 406 looms working bagging, 5,103 

 spindles, 63 cards, and 289 hackles. The following h the table of bag- 

 ging-mills in 1870 : 



BAGGING-rLAX, JUTE, AND HEMP. 



States. 



Number 

 of mills. 



Hands em- 

 ployed. 



Value of 

 material. 



Value of 

 products. 



Illinois 



Kentucky 



Massachusetts 



Missouri 



New Jersey... 

 Now York.... 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania . 



Total ... 



113 

 1,288 

 234 

 333 

 484 

 200 

 497 

 72 



$136, 000 

 1, 007, 300 

 106, 000 

 423, 100 

 414, 129 

 131, 900 

 389, 053 

 47, 200 



33 



3, 170 2, 024, 682 



• $290, 000 

 1, 752, 130 

 210, 000 

 750, 000 

 621, 245 

 215, 500 

 563, 799 

 105, 000 



4, 607, 664 



What is the present status of the bagging industry? Hemp has en- 

 tirely gone out of use as a bagging material, and jute butts, imported 



