Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-05-29

heforo September, there IS nos uaeA
risk Of its heating any more on b. I'd the
ship, especially on a short voyage as %
England, and il is the best fit for cable.
Ii it be intended that the hemp should je
early ready for market, it is made ito
winter hemp by the following proceb
On being taken cut of the water it is Eft
suspended in the open air for abot a
fortnight, when it is put int the kiln flor
"a hours, after which it is broken by
means of handmill, and the hu# is
then beaten off by striking the Ftads
obliquely with iron and wooden iristru-
ments of the shape of a large TWO edged
knife; lastly to unravel ii, il is drawn
through wooden comb or card, with
one row of wide wooden teeth fixed per-
pendiculsrly. The hemp is then laid up
or suspended in sheds, and is fit to be
sorted, bound into bundles, and loaded in
the barks.
The hemp to be prepared as spring
| hnDpp. is allusyet' 10 remain suspended
and exposed to the weather the while
winter, until il be dried by the sun in dc
spring, when it is broken and cleaned il
the same manner as the winter hemp
AS the greatest part of the summed
elapses before it can be made fit foi
market, none of this hemp reaches St
Petersburg until the following spring
that is two years after it is sown. III
hemp is sown in the same manner as liz
Iced, rye, or wheat---land of sandy sol
ma. also be employed for it, but then 1T
must be strongly manured, otherwiss'it
will be too Shorthand fat country
should always be preferred. One Chef
writ of seed commonly yields IS loads
(of So lbs. Englsh) Of hemp, and q
chetwirts of hemp seed.
Remarks on the method Of manufactur
ing Sal Cloth. \
A well conducted mandatory of sail
cloth, in a country where labor is not
adapted to the growth of the material Of
which it is made, and whence It is of easy
and cheap transportation TO market, couje
not, it is believed, fail to yield amplere-
Enumeration for the capital and labor
employed in it.
In the manufacture OF sail cloth, hax
is preferred both for the chain and welt.
The yarn,is spun by machinery, and bolh
warp and welt yarns are thoroughly
cleansed before they are woye, by steep
ing in plain hot water, washing and boil
ing twice with pot and pearl ashes. The
operations of sleeping, washing, and boil
ing, should, it is believed, be performed
as follows:
The yarns to bo stopped under cover,
in plain hot water, without any admit
ture of acids or other sdeleterious STU
stances, until fermentation begins to SUI
side, which will generally lake abou
days iii summer, and 8 in spring or a.
tumn; and when taken out OF the steepto
be mill washed, viz. the warp yarns, each
mill full six minutes, and the welt yarns,
each mill full twelve minutes.-rhe
yarns are then TO be hand washed in a
considerable stream of running water Oh
through 5 or 6 inch pipe ofclear water
and wrung. Alter this, they are to b,
boiled from 6 to s hours, according to
the strength of the fire (and the boilers
having neither netting or false botton)
with the following proportion OF ashes:
2 bis. best American pot, and ] Go. best
Petersburg pearl, to As lbs. OF yarn
and to be again hand washed as above.
and wrung, and then to be put on poles,
properly shaken out and hung in the
open air, where they must remain from
Ia to 81 days, as the weather may render
necessary care being taken to turn and
shake out the hanks at least every SECOND
day.
For the second boil.
The yarns to be again washed as
above, and wrung, and afterwards to be
boiled for six hours with the following
proportion of ashes, viz 2 lbs.best Anne
rican pearl to 48 lbs. yarn; to be again
hand-washed, and wrung, and then to be
put on poles, properly shaken out and
hung in the open air, from Z to IA days.
according to the state OF the weather !;
and if not then. to be dried in stove or
drying house, and it is now ready to be
wove on bobbins, warped, and put into
the doom.
None ofthese operations ofpreparing
the yarns can be performed during the
months of November, December or ia
nuary, and seldom in February, exceptit
be in very mild and temperate climates.
AS to the method of weaving, it has
been observed that the cloth can be wo-
ven equally we'll, either by power or,
hand. but il is believed that the manu-