Show nn rainie eamie cultivation the nursery or of mr finch at county proves the comb comp complete lefue lefie adaptability of our climate to tile the I 1 growth of ramie nunie the plants are now seven teet feet high in february fedr pedr dary and it is the most severe winter we have had bad on twichel island in the san joaquin river in lih pein phin plantation tation of twenty six acres which last year yielded two cuttings the weight of stocks to a cutting is astonishing not less than forty tons to the acre sa leable at 5 3 per pep ton two cuttings therefore bring but if the stalks be passed through a brake now in use when taken green from the field the raw fiber commands thirty cents a 11 pound D H craig of kew new york offers 9 to buy all the ra raw w fiber our state can supply at a a contract price to be fixed tor lor five years ho he will set up a machine whenever wanted by which he refines the raw so that what be buys at thirty cents becomes valued at 1 per pound this process reduces one ton of thirty cent to eighty pounds superfine there remains a very large proportion for which uses are being found after cordage bagging rope etc paper suggests a means of clearing up the remainder the outer bark makes a beautiful fixed green dye if one may judge by the impression on the hands bands of the workmen the pith of the stalk contains a salad oil of peculiarly pleasant flavor certainly those who have tried it pronounce it super superior lor to olive oil and predict for it a great demand fu further arther experience may modify this report the leaves of ramie make great tonnage 0 and probably they may make paper stock if they do the quality will most likely resemble japanese paper in toughness and in silky texture there is yet a valuable and very vary interesting product the first which the plant yields in the earliest springtime the young sprouts of ramie will vie with asparagus as a delicious table lable vegetable we earnestly commend this te textile plant to the consideration of agriculturalists on this coast rules for cultivation are usually found where the plants are for lor sale it is easy to keep a nield field of ramie in order when once estabi established dished after the first year the ground is so covered with the spread that little attention is needed the plant is perennial if the soil has not a moist bottom bot torn we imagine that irrigation will be indispensable after cutting toive tolve to give the second growth a fair start S F plural blural press |