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drums very similar in character to those found in cae Neon machine, 
In the de Landtsheer machine, however, cae is rse action 
attached of an effective character. When about five. moves of the 
ilos. per hour, and from green 
stems, 18 kilos. per hour. As the latter were weighed before they were 
dried, the calculations for dry ribbons would be about 6 kilos. If we 
take the result at 54 kilos. per hour of dry ribbons, the de Tanttaka 
machine would produce only 55 kilos, per day of 10 hours, equal to 
about 124 pounds avoirdupois. The commercial value of these ribbons 
at 7/. gs ton would be 7s. 6d. 
The inventor claimed for the de Landtsheer machine that it could 
eae 3 cwt. of dry ribbons per day. The small out-turn at the trial 
There w 
was difficult to believe that this machine could produce, as worked at 
Paris, ribbons in commercial quality at a prakt ve cost. 
THE BARBIER MACHINE. 
The second machine, known as Barbier’s (Décortiqueuse Arman 
pour la Ramie et toutes les aitita: textiles : Constructeur Paul Barbier, 
Paris), was very similar in construction to the de Landtsheer machine 
already described. The cost was the same, viz., 40/. It was also fitted 
with a reverse action. The feed-plate was horizontal, and the operator 
handled about 8 to 10 stems at a tim The fibre was somewhat 
severely bruised in cleaning. In the first, trial with dry stems it pro- 
duced 3°6 kilos. per sorta en aes Assa green stems it Epio 
only 7°5 kilos. in 47 min There a large amount of waste, and 
owing to the fibre being poarte ris dhesrads and forwards between the 
revolving beaters, the ends were often badly tangled. 
It was claimed by the inventor that this machine could treat 2,500 
kilos. of green stems per day of 10 hours, yielding 125 kilos. (pre- 
sumably of dry) ribbons worth 50 francs per 1 
A machine soit of the Systéme Lassalle Seo by H. 
ae Paris) was on the ground, but it was unable to compete in the 
rials. For the parpous of this report it may be passed without further 
netios: 
MACHINE OF AMERICAN FIBRE COMPANY. 
The next machine was exhibited by the American Fibre Company, 
of pin = Broadway, New York, under the charge of Mr. Noble. 
i on an entirely a g t plan from any of the fibre machines 
hitherto i in use, and deserves a few words of description. The machine 
was about 4 ft. 6 in. loiig, “and supported on standards about 5 ft. high. 
Above the machine was a wooden structure designed to receive the 
movable frames com which the stems were placed. The feeding was 
