Show grass grown in in india to make match sticks tife the fact that lumber for le making of match sticks la Is becoming scarce in this couff country try lends ends special interest to a report from british india to the ahe effect that a grass Is belog being success successfully ful employed there tor for such purposes at Shola pur there ts Is a factory that ts is making match sticks from a called surya gross ancs abundant in sopie some pars carls of 01 india the grass to Is cut into two inch lengths length win winnowed and pere screened ened to obtain uniform size and then boiled in nr a revolving evolving drum awen ty fear pounds of burma la Is sufficient or boxes of matches shaken ij through iro kgb a horizontal sifter the sticks are deposited in horar layers w which hi c h are secured in a traye fraad tar for the dipping of the ends and dipped tp inn st solution of chlorate of potash 11 sulpha of arsenic potash of powdered dred gypsum and gul guy arable six PO pounds ands of this mixture provide for the boxes of Matul maschea mat chea hOlL by fi yn rw evvi F an ingenious contrivance of toe the closely packed stems are forced tur tor ward in the dipping so as to avoid the sticking together of the compact mass mam after dilg the mateles are packed in cardboard boxes materials are so BO cheap that matches sell bell for 20 cents a gross |