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required three-quarter horse power to drive it, and two persons to feed 
and receive the ribbons. The machine is adapted to be worked by four 
persons, but at the trials, owing to want of space, it was worked with 
only two persons. M. Favier stated that it was designed to produce 
ribbons entirely free from wood and pith, ready to be converted by a 
chemical R aA also by the same SE into vm me filasse ready 
for weaving. outward bue! e machine was a long narrow 
iron box furnis ished with orons. small cylindrical crushers and 
beaters. These were UHR covered by a number of moveable iron 
sheets, which both protected the intrieate system of cy finders and 
lots of four to six and fed to the ron eat two apertures leadin 
ished 
system of crushers and beaters. ‘The ribbons passed continuously 
through the machine, and were ultimately delivered into the hands of a 
workman at the other end perfectly free from wood and pith. In the 
first series of trials 10 kilos. of green stems without leaves were passed 
through the machine in 44 minutes. Once or twice some of the 
ribbons were Eit i in aus bs and the machine had to be stopped 
t occupied i not cou t 
e time p e 
ribbons yielded by 101 10 kilos. of c GE bna IENE 2-820 kilos. 'This would 
be at the rate of vi kilos. of wet ribbons bet day of 10 hours ; or, 276 
pounds (avoir.) of dry ribbons for the e period. ln the second 
series stems, more or iL "dedi with leaves, (dglihe 60:350 kilos. were 
passed through the machine in 18 minutes. They yielded 18-100 kilos. 
of wet ribbons. This would be at the rate of 603 kilos. of wet ribbons 
per day of 10 hours; or 443 pounds (avoir.) of dry ribbons for the 
same perio 
The ribbons in both cases were well cleaned. "There appeared to 
be no waste. The débris under the machine consisted almost ajitivaly 
of wood and pit 
These results I regard on the whole as satisfactory. 
e somewhat intricate character of the various parts of this 
machine would be against its general use by planters in the Colonies, 
t advance t other 
Ramit machines now available. It might, however, be adapted for use 
in central factories or usines where skilled labour would be obtainable, 
and for this and similar purposes the Favier machine may be 
recommended. 
MicuorrE MACHINE, 
The Michotte Machine, called * La rn at first glance re- 
_sembled the Barbier and De Landtsheer (small) machines. It was driven 
steam-power, and consisted of a pair of aie a gie farnis shed 
with helicoidal grooves running their whole length. e large rollers 
first erushed the green stems and then passed them on to beaters with 
moveable bars intended to get rid of the wood and pith, In the first 
os. of n stems were d nn, d the maehine in 
UR minutes, E l kilo. of he cleaned rib n the nd 
OS. were Uere through in -— minutes, yielding 6 kilos. 
Peis Meer cases th > ribbo mixed with crushed 
emere i Pats ert The fibres were also cut 
transversely (probably by the helicoidal grooves) and rendered useless. 
