. . . 
aahi extension in its use; h ; ‘avier 
co d a machine for the purpose of separating the fibre, a real revolu- 
tion has been produced in the industrial world, and the cultivation of 
* the Ramie plant has taken voip) aope 
An other decorticating machine, similar to the Favier one, has, 
wever invented by a Monsieur Billion, of nae i who 
i consider it to be superior to the Favier one, 
Full descriptions are given of these machines in Professor Obiols’ 
mphlet (in Spanish), and can be purchased for a few pesetas. 
The Billion machine can produce 300 kilogrammes of fibre a day, 
| advantage over = Favier one. 
machine is not for sale to the public, the “beg 
reads, &c., himself, as the ** Société La Ramie Francaise 
a Neither, I believe is the Billion machine to be ne uired 
or money. 
is another machine, known as the “ Agramadera (flax-dresser) 
ented by M. —— of Paris. Its size isa cubic metre, 
uires half a horse to put it in motion. n, and can be worked 
, by a windmill, or Dy Hen It is portable, weighs 350 kilos., 
2t : L) wn to produce 175 kilos. 
has been invented in Barcelona by Don Demetrio 
for extracting fibre from textile pens and many of his machines 
are in use, with su ccess, in Mexico. The inventor is about to introduce 
certain modifications i = eg machine, in ardet to adapt it to the decor- 
tication of the Ramie 
rk s Phe the Favier machine, and the cost per 
e. 
osi 
: Two: men to separate the extremities of the stalks 
the stalks.» 1 
"a. 15 
or abou i pa day aca xr ; and hs ^ 1000 kilos. of oe 
alks the proportional out-turn would be as follows a s 
2 50 kilos. of extremities, or 5 per cent. of the sold weight, 
190 kilos. of fibre, of POR DM of the whole we ce 
ilos. of wood. 
, kd pellicles n may al te wild. 
the working of: 20 of Faviei would require - 
rares the open wa p dme pa 
