The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth

a rough assortment of the fibre into a number of qualities or grades, and these grades are well known in the particular areas; on the other hand, the farmers may pre

"drum"; this is a hand-packed bale of from 1 1/2 to 3 or 3

India, and the remaining half is baled for export to the various parts of the world; a little ove

itability or otherwise for special types of yarn and cloth. Thus, a form of selecting and grading has been established on a basis that provides a very large amount of jute each year of a quality which is known as "a first mark." A mark,

ds of different marks which are of value only to those connected directly with the trade, it is unnecessary to dwell on the subject. The following list, however, shows quotations of various kinds, and is taken from the Market Report of the Dundee Advertiser of M

ICES, I

st

Price

d. ￡

27 to

16

7 4

18

19

70

that the trade can be conducted quite satisfactorily with the aid of the usual

e 200 lb. bundles are subsequently made up into a standard bale, the weight of which is 400 lbs. This weight includes a permitted qu

ARRYING SMALL BA

T TO PRE

ary to deal rapidly and efficiently with the large number of bales. In Fig. 4 scores of natives, superintended by a European, are seen carrying the smaller bales on their heads from the river boat to the press house. It is, of course, un

re conducted simultaneously by different groups of operatives, and ingenious mechanism is essential for the successful prosecution of the work. Two such presses as that illustrated in Fig. 5 are capable, under efficient administration, of turning out 130 bales of 400 lbs. each in one hour. The fibre

ges into large steamers, many of which carry from 30,000 to 46,000 bal

ies of jute to be shipped unsold, and such quantities may be disposed of on the "Spot." It is a common practice to sell a number of bales to sample, such number depending generally upon the

JUTE FIBRE IN A WATSO

inest type procurable, while in other cases it will be of a very indifferent type and unsuitable for use in the production of the ordinary classes of yarns and fabrics. On the other hand, it should be stated that there is such a wide range of goods manufac

but a few figures will help the reader to estimate in some degree the e

OF JUTE

Tons.

8 300

2 300 l

0 300 l

8 300 l

222 300

6 300

1 300 l

LADEN WITH JUT

TE SHEDS IN

DUCTION

ns. Bales

. 28,24

. 46,18

108,776

125,903

406,335

343,596

413,664

586,258

588,141

580,967

829,273

1,761,982

1,135,856

1,302,782

,434,286

1,488,339

1,718,180

1,580,674

1,898,483

1,344,417

1,493,976

1,607,922

1,278,425

1,542,178

raised sufficiently high, they are guided to the comparatively steep part of a chute from which they descend to the more horizontal part as exemplified in Fig. 7. They are then removed by means of hand-carts as shown, taken into the shed, and piled or stored in some suitable arrangement with

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