The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-06-04 00:00:00, page 4

It is believed that there is at this
time no crop that so well compensates
the labours of the husbandman as that
of hemp —Many persons have errone
ously supposed that it required a pecu
liar soil and that its cultivation was at
tended with much uncertainty. It is
now however ascertained from daily
experience, that not only the fertile
banks of the Connecticut and Gennes
see rivers, but most of our warm up
lands, if properly prepared produce it
in abundance. As evidence of the
profits arising from the cultivation of
hemp, I would' state that thirty-five
dollars per acre have been paid for one
year's use of land for that purpose.
And I am credibly informed that the
town of Longmeadow has received at
Boston, New-York and New-Haven,
thirty-five thousand dollars for one
year's crop. An average crop from
Jand in good heart may be considered
from 8 to 12 cwt. per acre; and the
land if properly taken care of the sec
ond year, will produce more than it
did the first. A judicious farmer in
my neighbourhood, lately told me that
he had taken 8 cwt. off an acre last
year and had no doubt that with little
more attention he should this year get
12 cwt. I have noticed in the Cour
ant that 415 dollars per ton had lately
been paid in Boston, for hemp raised
at Longmeadow —(his is a very un
usual price—it has been considered a
fair peace price at 200 dollars, when
our intercourse was open with Russia ;
and at that, it will pay vastly more
than any other crop, as may be seen
by the following very liberal estimate
qf cultivating and dressing the product
of one acre of land that is in good
order.
took where convuls'd with bliss they stand,
While fire-ey'd rapture's fits remain;
One moment hence, relentless power !
Despair with gargon front shall lower.
Encircled bytie vengeful band,
That urge the dread commands of pain !
By him,* who roam'd on Anin's shore, >
The victim pale of want and wo;
By him,l who rashly gave his breath
To 'scape the pangs of keener death ; —
Oh seek the maddening fount no more,
No more let causeless sorrows flow !
But bid each restless fire be still,
Thy breast no ruffling storms invade,
Thy mind an even tenor keep;
And let the child of fancy weep,
Lone on the tempest-beaten hill,
Surrounded by his World of shade!
HOSEIN.
* Otway. f Chatterton.
Agricultural.
ON THE CULTIVATION OF
H EMP.
Ah ! envy not the dreams that steal
—The varied dreams of bliss and wo
On those, who bow to fancy's throne,
Who live unpitied and unknown :
True passion's wildest joys they feel ;
But sorryw'f: d^kest hour they know!
46,00
Sure profit per acre, 54,00
Half a ton, at 200 dolls, is 100,00
The above estimate which is un
doubtedly as high asit should be would
be reduced considerably by having the
hemp dressed in a mill, for which pur.
pose a number are already erected a
bout the country, and by converting
the stocks or shives into manure, which
purpose they answer to a considerable
degree.
There exists no danger from a glut
ted market, it will never be imported
cheaper from abroad, and should we
go successfully into the cultivation of
it, for many years to come we should
not more that equal the demand there
would be, as soon as our ships are per
mitted to spread their sails on the
;ocean.
The following method of cultivation
,as been practised with great success.
{The ground if not already broken up
|to be thoroughly ploughed in the fall,
that the turf may be well rotted; and
in the spring, as early as the season will
permit to be ploughed again with more
or less manure, according to the con
dition of the land ; the ploughing to be
{repeated until the soil becomes light
find mellow ; that which is peculiarly
proper would not require more than
@wo ploughings in the spring ; the seed
be sown, and well harrowed in, on
i very even surface, from the Ist to
foe IGth of May, thatit may be out of^
ffihe way of-frosts, by which it is liable
00 be injured. When the blossom falls
" Jurat, aut impest ad iram,
Aut ad humum, mxrore gravi, deducit et angit."
12 Loads of Manure 12,00
Ploughing & Harrowing 3 times 6,00
2 1-4 bushels of seed, at 4 dols. 9,00
Sowing and Harrowing, 1,00
Pulling and Carting, 3,00
Breaking and Swingling, 15,00
Fqr the Constitutionalist.
POETRY.
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We had no doubt of the good effect
of salton mouldy hay ; but it remained
to be proved, how good hay, which
had not spent its strength in premature
fermentation, would bear such a quan
tity of salt as would invigorate the
stomach, quicken the circulation of
blood, and excite in cattle a desire to
drink largely. Some medical men,
aware of our practice, conjectured that
salt tends to decompose and convert
water to nourishment in an inreased
degree. Whether this is, or is not, to
be so accounted for, we are incompe
tent to judge. But it is our business
to know the effect it has on stock ; and
we do know, that it surpasses all belief.
Some of our hay, lately in use, was of
the first quality of sheep hay, the pro
duce of rich and deep loam on a lime
stone bottom; it was put together
without wet, and had 251 b. of salt per.
ton sprinkled through a sieve, agreater
quantity than has yet been used. In
colour, flavour, and proof, it equalled
any hay whatever, and satisfies us that
this, or a greater quantity of salt, may
be infused into hay of the best quality,
and with the best possible effect. In
confirmation of this fact, we have also,
the authority of Mr. Darke of Bree
don, one of the most celebrated graziers
in the kingdom, who has mixed salt
with his flooded mouldy hay, 81b. of
salt only to a ton, and he declares, that
his Hereford oxen did better on it than
others on the best hay he had, and
that he was, and is convinced, that the
hay had all its good effect from the salt.
In Spain, a thousand sheep use in
five months four arobes, orone quintal
of salt, which is 1281 b. Their sheep
would fat to 13 lb. per quarter upon
the average ; this is the quantity given
out, all of which may not be consum
ed: and as the price of salt in that
country is no object, more would have
been given, if more was necessary.
The quantity given to our sheep was
such, as we have before stated would
keep them healthy, or such, as they
appeared to demand. It is given in
the morning when the sheep are looked
over, in order to counteract the ill ef
fect of the dew. They have consum
ed at the rate of one ton of salt, for
every thousand sheepanuually.
A small handful is put on a small flat
stone or slate, and ten or fifteen of these
slates, set a few yards apart, are enough
for one hundred sheep. At first the
sheep may be moved towards them ; if
they feel a craving for salt they will
lick up quickly as much as is necessary ;
if they do not want it, what remains
dry when the sheep are next looked at,
is taken up and reserved for future use.
Twice a week has usually been found
sufficient ; in particular cases it may
be offered thrice. As to any doubt
respecting their inclination to it none
can be maintained; for in the year
1801, of a flock approaching towards
1000, there are not ten old sheep,
which have not taken kindly to it, and
not a lamb which does not consume it
greedily.
from the male hemp, as it will do about
the middle of August, it is to be pul
led by making alleys through the field
and selecting the male from the seed
hemp, which is left a month longer to
ripen. To be bound with rye straw in
small bundles and left a few days in the
field to dry that the bark may be tough
er and not injured in moving, the bun
dles go be laid under water to rot from
10 to 20 days according to the weather,
as it rots much the fastest in warm
weather.—Clear, standing, soft water,
is best for this purpose, and salt water,
by a recent English publication is con
sidered altogether inadmissible. After
it is sufficiently rotted which is easily
ascertained by drying and breaking a
little of it, the bundles to be dried in
the open air and when thoroughly dri
ed, to be housed ; when dressed first
to be passed through a coarse break
and afterwards through a common one
and swingled like flax.
The seed hemp is to be pulled as
soon as the seed begins to fall from the
stalk, and to be bundled and carried
immediately to the place where it is to
be threshed, there to be set up in the
sun a few days and then gently thresh
ed ; and again put in the sun a few
days more and afterwards threshed a
gain—it is then to be treated as before
directed for the male hemp.
This may serve as a general direc
tion, but the intelligent farmer will
make such experiments as his land, his
situation and his convenience will per
mit, and by communicating the result,
will confer an obligation on that class of
society of which the writer of this is
one. Connecticut Cpur.
An extract from Lord Somerville's
memoir to the Bath Society.
A Chilocothe paper mentions, that
Mr. Aaron Renic, of that place, has
in vented a Hemp and Flax Brake, which
promises to be of great public utility.
It is supposed that a single man and
horse will be able to clean from five
to seven hundred weight per day.
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ALSO,
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JOHN FOLSOM,
HAS just received, and for Sale, at his store in Exeter, an additional supply
of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS, with a general assortment of
HARD WARE, CUTLERY, &c.—Also, W. I. GOODS and GROCERIES,
which he will sell on good terms for cash or short approved credit.
A very extensive assortment of School Books, such as are
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BOOK-STORE.
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general assortment of
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Hyson^_
Young Hyson,)
Hyson Skin, > TEAS.
Souchong $I
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May 21, 1810. ~
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