* 
274 
TABLE 2.—Srconp SERIES of TRIALS. Green stems, with leaves. 
Estimated 
` Quantity of 
No. of | Weight Quantity | Dry Ribbons 
ROE Hands | 9f Green| Time Ribbons producible 
jj emploved.| Stems. | employed. roddesd, |. D & dEY 
mp'oyec-| (Kilos.) P Kilos y: 10 hours 
^ (pounds 
voir 
Armand-Barbier — - 2 26 103 m. 1:200 50 
Favier (No. 1) - 2 60°350 18 m. 18:100 443 
Michotte - - 2 17:400 | 23i m. 6:000 — 
De Landtsheer : 
(a.) Large machine 2 46 115 m. 15°000 575 
(b.) Small machine 1 24:400 10 m. 6°500 287 
AWARDS OF THE JURY. 
As was the case last year, the official r eport of beer jury will probably 
not be published till the appearance of the December number of the 
Bulletin de l'Agriculture. In the meantime it oo be mentioned that 
the jury, following the rules applicable to the other exhibits at the 
Exposition Universelle, awarded a gold medal to M. Favier; a gold 
Bag M. de Lan ; and a silver medal to M eury- 
These awards, it will be noticed, follow closely the results 
iet detailed ^ dag nd they may be accepted as affording a clear 
indieation of the relative value of the several machines and processes 
submitted to i: e jury. 
T enerally interested in Ramie culture it may be mentioned 
that the triais of 1889 have proved much more favourable than those 
of 1888, and the subject is evidently ripening for solution in many 
directions not ime of before. 
This can be best shown by a comparison of the results as follows :— 
TABLE 3.—Resutts obtained in 1889 compared with those obtained in 
1888. 
ver of xd Ribbons producible in a 
Avoir.) 
hours (pounds 
Machine. eor kh ing on Green Stems. 
1888. 1889. 
De Landtsheer : 
Large machine  - * * xx 1,763* 
Small machine - s a 120 287 
Barbier - 3 m is š 71 n 
Favier, No. 1 - P m à Nr 443 
Fleury-Moriceau 3 T > Kis 161 
* See note in Table 1. 
