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The results of the New Orleans trials do not appear to carry us any 
nearer to the solution of the problem that nae been so long ander con- 
sideration in regard . the extraction of e fibre. The 
presented do not a r to possess any Apeere over DR tried. a 
are apparently inferior to the machines tried also at Paris under the 
auspices of the Société des Agriculteurs de France in September 1891. 
The following extracts are taken from the United States Report :— 
MACHINES ENTERED. 
“ The official trials of Ramie machines, under the auspices of the office 
U.S 
the last week in September at Audubon Park, New Orleans, came off on 
the 30th of Babar: and included trials upon pS stalks as well as 
upon stalks of Ramie. 
“ Three machines were entered for trial as follows :—The Kauffman 
eK he 
pany, of Galveston, Texas; the Fibre Delignating machine (known as 
the J. J. Green machine) jer the United States Fibre Company of 
Versailles, Ky. 
The Edopnda machine.—According to the entry of this machine 
it requires 15-horse power; it works upon green stalks stripped of 
leaves and upon dried stalks. Four attendants are required to run it ; 
floor space occupied 6 by 14 feet. The machine is termed a decorticator 
for Ramie, jute and hemp. ..... 
“ The Fremerey machine—In the entry of this machine about 
d-horse power is stated. The machine is arranged to work npon green 
—— either stripped or with the leaves and upon dry stalks. It 
occu a floor space of about 5 by 18 feet. The machine requires five 
attendants, t three of whom may be boys....... 
“The J. J. Green machine. —Ten-horse power is named as the power 
required to drive this machine. The entry states that it works upon 
dried stalks (but it is also emg to work green stalks with or with- 
out leaves). Five attendants are required for full ym three of 
whom may be boys ; it occupies a floor space of 8 by 12 fee 
TRIALS ON GREEN STRIPPED RAMIE. 
“ The first trial was with the Kauffman machine, 500 pounds p green 
stripped stalks having been weighed out for the test. Of this amount 
332 pounds of stalks were run through the machine in 42 faaata ee 
the machine clogged. The result in wet ribbons was 88 pounds, and 
168 pounds of stalks remained unworked, owing to the inability of the 
machine to proceed further. 
“The second trial was with the J. J. Green machine, 500 pounds of 
green stripped Ramie stalks having been weighed out for the test. Of 
this quantity 225 pounds of stalks had been delignated in 1 hour and 
35 minutes, producing 574 pounds of wet ribbons, 275 pounds of gree 
stalks remaining un worked, owing to the inability of the machine to 
proceed further. 
“ Mr. Fremery declined to anjer this trial after 500 pounds of green 
stripped Ramie stalks had been weighed out, claiming that the stalks were 
too uneven in size, the Sees dias of his machine requiring medium 
