Fibre Industry: Conditions in Hawaii at the Present Day -- Ramie
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A 1904 article from the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturalist assessing whether ramie (China grass) cultivation and fibre production could succeed in Hawaii. It lists the fibre's properties (strength, length, lustre, dyeing, durability) and the reasons earlier ventures failed, then covers growing from cuttings and seed, the need for immediate extraction of green stems, and the Faure decorticating machine. It also outlines degumming, spinning and end uses of the yarn, gives rough cost and market estimates for a 100-acre plantation, and ends with prices for Faure and Lehmann decorticators.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1904
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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