Abstract
AN unusual and interesting example of successful co-operation between industry and agriculture is portrayed in the jubilee volume issued to commemorate fifty years' work of the Blanchisserie et Teinturerie de Thaon,* in the Vosges. After the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, France found herself bereft of several of her most important bleaching establishments, and in 1872 a society was formed to establish the industry at Thaon in the Vosges, M. Armand Lederlin being installed as the first director. The difficulties to be overcome were great, as the selection of the site had to be largely determined by the presence of abundant water free from chalk and iron, so essential for bleaching purposes. This was the first industry to be established in a purely agricultural area, and, from the beginning, it has also been the centre of agricultural demonstrations seeking to aid the peasants and workmen to get the best results from their land. The success of the venture was primarily due to M. Armand Lederlin, an impassioned agriculturist and a great industrial worker, whose work was carried on by his son, M. Paul Lederlin, who succeeded him as director In 1909. Their endeavours have raised the status of a little country village, numbering only 555 inhabitants in 1870, to an important township of 8000 people, prosperous in industry and also in agriculture.
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B., W. Progressive Agriculture. Nature 125, 979–980 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125979a0
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