The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-25

iect con-Hand of water, being able TO lei
ION OF on at pleasure, l was pleased with the
situation and made 1t large enough to hold
las much IN the stalk AS would weld abou,
eoo or i00owt. of clean hemp. In this
pace nave tried water rotting two years.
me result has not been very satisfactory the
iaoSur OF putting in. taking out, driving and
securing Is very great and unpleasant -
| ne hemp managed in this way is more
tedious to break, ny people cannot break
more than half as much water ro,ted AS az
uew rntted. and my observations induce M.
10 Deueve that the loss is much greater.
of"eVe Also. that IN one rcSptct, tue he - is
, injured, by breaking the fibre at the bark
From small experiment that made last
year. OF rot,irg hemp in the river. am in
ciined to suppose, that where it can be in
ncrSed in large volumes OK water (sree
rom the risk before ncptinned) the ob-
Ject would be accomplished with more Ger
tainty think that ia my ditch or pond
tue quantity of water i, insult cient for the
hemP. Inc water rottcd hemp have sen,
10 market has certainly commanded a rea
dier sale aud higher price than dew rotted
our Question II have been more than re
l'no"tsed the extra la5our, add loss n.nemii
III the way have managed it. I would nos
nave YOU inter from this. that /. mean to
abandon water rotting, or that IN ,arepared
t" Soy II IS not the most oehgsle mode Of
managing hemp. My opinion of the iuss is
c"rJecturai, and will, the ensuing ;ail, na he
sctne eXperi pcnts 70 ascertain the n,:,tter
Win precision i'll succeed in catering 1t
Propertys feel almost convinced that the
DIFF renee will be- found not To exis, in
breaking at Least his, however, | deem
VI sniaH consequence, AS lain satisfied that
we snail soon break our hemp by machine
! ny 'na' VIII very much diminish he iabour.
Ny experiments ia waler rotting, shall be
very much dive siied, as am still san
guine Ia my expectations that ], or some
other person, Will succeed in discovering
the riSh method should 1t bc my good
ioi tune, It wiit give me real pleasure to
communicate the result 10 you. and to my
oiher countryme;A through The Richmond
Ayr cultura Society. to which n Intend Ia
present copy OF ,hs letter.
= ne most unpleasant labour in the hemp
crop aud hat which presses most, is pull
ing TO pull Quarter ot an acre is said
- DC - days work tor man In the
western country l. is cut with a knife or
hook, and II is said e. b. as easy 70 cut
hait an acre az To pull quar.sr Chis Is
iWpor'an; IN TWO points OF view, it saves
iAoour' and viii enable you 10 double your
crop OF Aemp. tor Lac crpp of hemp man
can make is limited only oy the land he mas
proper yer ITS produrtiqS. Ind his ability 10
save it,ih due time. Il is easy "a saw. to
TO nd 10 ore much more ths4 i, isprac
t'cao!e to manage III tha SEASON of harvest
~ Is true 'hat cutting viii occasion some
iess OF weight, but I am convinced the
ntH p Will. be more valuable, the park of
the Zoo: dishgrres the appearance OF the
1emp and Cannot be spun &c, advantage WI h
The iiner par Of the ozark Zee stalk .bove
me root Most T. shsroots indeed arg trok u
1t - is1by he brt "a Hemp =red rs a.ade by
Suffering psrt "tEShL crop o r-us-,n an
q It !. r'pe orbydi ling ii g Cut iva-iug it
, axe cGfh' Ak rs care !" tuii up a. g I'D
s,m. hs staks thal vii, nuI bc-r seed.
VIII TAX the ocr;y 70 adj 20 this let
ter i,ng as l, already is 2 c n par -on be-
tween t%e labor. EeceSsoIy II "A crop OF
henp and a crop OF tobacco, from which IT
w,ii he obvious that the 10. ner iuteTieres
less %I,n o her crops, and 'equ res. IKE
wise, nsuch less iabor II Is known ,rat
hepp does not exhaust h. land while e ~,
inS Il shauea II Compile! iy il prevcn s il
from Washing. deposits a Considerable uua =
tty OF leaves and iarina, and il thu herds e,
used in a tarm yard, their. absorb nj pro
Per1ieS rencer hein an excellent matrra
ior manure. Upon plantation Of 500 acre ;
OF open iand, On which f on SO To- 100 600
tobacco piansz are ca.tivated, cen naaus ,nu,
be employed ell tile year tins crop with as
nnch Corn as VIII support the D antat,on
and ten bushels Ut seed wheat TO each han,.
: IS much as can lie managed, with ,he u,
most industry and attention and every facil
ity mat can be derived from good team
and it1plemeBts o! every sort--Ehe
produce OF his labor when applied upon
good land l estimaie as follows. and til &
! kew 20 be ABOVE fair average
1900 ID. of tooaccO at SOS 90
100 bushels OF wheat 100
100
100 s to each hand is for ten hands 1901
peducl OF Inc amount hire of eacn n and
taxes, maintenance and tools s 80
each on iarln 0! equals size 600
400
would sow 100 acres in wheat chiefly
on t~liow and wouio eXpec Is 1usn
to the acre 1900
10 acres m nemp al 500 h. to the acre
is s0oO ID 10 cents 900
270O
Itis crop would De managed with six
hands, Tor expenses deduct 80 each $50
Dollars 1920
believe the above is fair estimate !
am convinced cad make more pounds OF
henD Than of tobacco UPON the. same Land