Archive image from page 325 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 2S4 FIBER PLAXTS FIBER PLANTS paid for it in this country are usually a fraction of a cent Ivlow those paid for jute. The plant p:ro\vs well on alluvial and sandy loam soils from New Jersey to Kansas and Nebraska, but without mechanical methods for preparing the fiber it could not be cultivated with profit. Eamie (Fig. 394). Ramie, Btrhmcria nivca, Hook and Arn., is a per- ennial-roo
Archive image from page 325 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 2S4 FIBER PLAXTS FIBER PLANTS paid for it in this country are usually a fraction of a cent Ivlow those paid for jute. The plant p:ro\vs well on alluvial and sandy loam soils from New Jersey to Kansas and Nebraska, but without mechanical methods for preparing the fiber it could not be cultivated with profit. Eamie (Fig. 394). Ramie, Btrhmcria nivca, Hook and Arn., is a per- ennial-rooted, herbaceous plant belonging to the l'rticacc(c or Nettle family. The rather slender stalLs bearing heart-shaped leaves green above and white beneath, attain a height of three to eight feet. When the plants are crowded thickly. r L Fig. 394. Ramie (Boehmerianivea). Second crop of the season ready for harvest. as they should be for fiber production, they bear no branches. When cut during the growing season, new shoots spring up from the roots, so that two to four crops may be had each season. Ramie is native in Asia, and is cultivated com- mercially in China, Formosa, southern Japan and to a less extent in India. It has been widely intro- duced in experimental cultivation in the warmer temperate zones of both hemispheres. The plant may be grown without difficulty, but it has not been demonstrated that the fiber may be produced profitably outside of Asia. Ramie requires a fertile soil, not subject to drought, but with good drainage. It grows well on sandy loam or alluvial soils, but can not be grown successfully either on stiff clay or light sandy soils. It requires a warm moist climate during the growing season. The plant is propagated by seeds and by root- cuttings, and in India to some extent by cuttings of the stems. Transplanting root-cuttings is the surest method, but growing from seeds, if carefully attended to, gives a larger number of i)lants for the same labor. Th
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