Show twine from ant A sac paul minn special says through the efforts of an inventor ot iowa articles which can be manufactured from common slough grass are attracting considerable attention the farmers of the northwest have been paying large prices for binding twine and it is this fact probably which started george lowry to investigate the uses to which common marsh grass could b put he has made several inventions which are an assured success the binding twine made by his method is strong durable and above all cheap while ho material from which ordinary hind ing twine ia made costs from to per ton slough grass costs from 3 to 5 a ton and the cost of malang the twine from either material is about taft same A company has been organ iaea for the manufacture of this twine the company will also make cordage of all lands bagging and matting from marsh grass marsh grass makes good rope anany size and formed into small it can readily be woven into ccaruso cloth of great strength which can be put to a variety of uses the cotton chanbers chanters chan cf the united states annually raise about bales of cotton which require about yards of bagging the ante bagging costs about eight cents a yard the grass twine baggin g can be made at about yard less new |