Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Paper Pulp from Cotton Stalks. [ARTICLE]

Paper Pulp from Cotton Stalks.

Several samples of pulp made from the hulls and stalks of the cotton plant have lately been on view at Atlanta Ga. The pulp is as white as snow, and it is said that it can be made into the finest writing paper. The ligneous substance of the hulls and stalks are removed by a new process. Fifty per cent, of the fibers are extracted from the hull, which has hitherto been used either for fuel in the mills or for fertilizing purposes, and 38 per cent is obtained from the stalks, which are generally allowed to . rot in the fieids. If the process proves successful, the value of these comparatively useless products will be increased tenfold/