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

the use of defective salt. This you can
very easily remedy by importations from
New-Orleaus. The quality of your beef
and pork in an unsalted state, is known
Ito be equal to any in the world ;--you
abound in excellent timber for barrels,
and if you had good strong salt, we can
not conceive why your beef and pork if
carefully putup should not be as good as
any whatever. The present contractor
has stipulated that he will use St. Ubes
salt--and we feel confident that this cx-
pertinent will result satisfactorily to all
parties.
The experiments heretofore made in
building vessels on the western waters
have been unfortunate. They have cost
much more than they ought to have cost,
and some of them were found in state
of. decay on their first arrival at New Or
leans--but this we are fully persuadedis
not to be aseribed to your not having an
ample supply Of suitable timber; and if
arti6cers are wanted. the A tlsctir hoard
could furnish any number. We do not
on examining this subject, perceive any
thing to discourage further experiment
whenever authority shall exist for ma
king it.
Our feilow-citize of the west appear
to be disposed to engage extensively in
the manufacturing arts. Ifthis be their
best policy, of which they can best Judge,
we trust they will ;--and when they shall
do SO, we hope they will not overlook
the advantages which would result from
establishments enabling them to supply
articles of naval equipment.
From the relation subsisting between
the manufacturing interest and the navy,
each aiding and assisting, and measura-
bly, dependent on the other, it would be
tound in the event of such establishments
being made in the western country that
the naval expenditures in that quarter
for supplies required for the navy, would
be Immediately greatly increased, and in
a few years would probably far exceed
any calculation of benefit heretofore
made. There is not an article among
the many hundreds Of different kinds,
used in our navy, that we cannot manu-
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not, happily for our independence, any
single article used, the raw material OF
which is not to be found in our own Ii
mits.
am, very respectfully, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
J JNO. RODGERS. &
THos. WoRTHINGToN, ESQ.
Method Of CuAivating and PrehGring
4 Hemh in Russia.
In Russia, when the season is mild,
the hemp seed is sown about the first of
June, old stile; the richer the soil at the
land employed for it the better; Chef
writ of seed Zone hundred ,chetwirts are
equal to 70 quarters, Winchester mea-
sure) is sown on a piece of land of 80
fathoms English feet long, and so
fathoms broad. The land is first plough
ed and narrowed, and about 200 single
horse loads of dung being spread upon
il; it is left for six days, when ii is again
ploughed and the seed sown and harrow
ed the same day. In about A months
the seed becomes ripe, and the hemp IS
then pulled up with the roots; If it be
allowed to remain too long in the ground,
it is apt to become harsh; it is bound
into heads or punches of four handfnls
each; these are hung upon sticks placed
horizontally, and allowed to remain so
for two days; it is then made into cut or
threshed hemp, as may be most agree
able. The cut hemp is made by cutting
off the heads containing the seed; these
are put into the kiln, and after remaining
there | 8 hours, the seed is beaten out
If threshed hemp is to be made, the
heads or tops must not be cut Oft, butthe
punches of hemp placed entire in the
kiln, and if the weather be warm 1t will
be sufficiently dry in three days, when,
the seeds must be threshed out of the
heads. In either case, three days after
the seed is separated from it, the hemp
must be put to steep or rot, either in
stream or pond and that the hemp may
be entirely immersed, it is put under
wooden frames, upon which stones are
placed; or where they are not to be had,
earth is substituted after the frames are
covered with planks; the clearer and
purer the water the better will be the CO.
ior of the hemp. Where the water isl
warm, three weeks sleeping viii be sui
ficient, but if cold, as in rivers, springs,
&c. FIVE weeks or longer may be neces-
sary; at the expiration Of this period
head of the hemp is taken out and dried.
If on beating and cleaning it, the husk
comes off, the hemp may then be taken