Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1916 — Paper From Grass. [ARTICLE]

Paper From Grass.

The United States department of agriculture has recently announced that it is possible to manufacture a first-grade machine-finished printing paper from gacaton grass, which fornia and Texas southward to the This grass is harvested for the sake of its roots. These are made Into brushes of various sorts, and are freQuently known as ©room root Atthe present time the tops of ths grass are allowed to go to waste.