The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-24

INV A., s,ld VINES growing on MS si"unaS'
sho "" ,'.i,,ing cuttings Of hardy iofeign
nay 10, - kinds, aud paying I'it'e attention /"
Of "a',, ;ng ard training, he soon ahd amply
tr I'D with grapesfor MAJ set or "ih.-1lehihs
ri. ,ecessity that farmers should diversity
| let's Of culture, and the appearance that
''e and aax ore likely To attract more a'ien.
hemp dt he cultivated more extensively than
',s,ofnle. especially Il encouraged Nv an n''
a.s INDUCE US 10 seek information Tor
OF '''S .,hs,.-apd we shah he thankful
oar cn,nn,un cation of pra teal intelligence
"' ,,ni,s There is IN the last 18th vol
o" ~ =, the Philadelphia Agricultural socie-
nm ,,ooi,s. a chapter on Italian hemp and
Introduced blythe following
MAJ rr'.,rt from Two letters rom MIR. Appleton,
I al the United States at LeghoIn, TIA
,n,t, lime. aud 9TH ID scemher, 1921, 10 Dr.
Meae: ga, Gonna cod
T., famed bologna hemp, AMI Crcmona
:" wv r., t,rn,er IS twice the .tgth, aud hr
"'A ,..;.e me strength of the Russian hemp II Is
I'D white. aud sells here At %, when the
W Iloniy command 30 l 9 Crem"na
,.,lls invariably tor double as much a. all
'har eax known. also send sample OF this
,bo, il may be compared with others. aud
,ba nroduce ofthe seed and also a Trans
,.,;,n of instructions, hy Professor lozzeti,
rrI renee, on fhr cultivation OF hemp & lax.
" r,ri, instructions as to the culture do not
,,sn TO be well adapted TO tins country, but II
no Of service to some OF our patrons, espe.
,,,, IN the west, 10 be supplied with what fol
los indy the head OF
,e,.elos AND PREPARATION OF THE HEMP.
There ele several methods for maceratng
!, order to loosen the fhrous parts of
1t;, can be doug, BY exposing the hemp
A,d,V 10 the influence of The atnUs-
L,re and especially To HAT OF the dews, iurn.
!H avery day aud then, while still wet with
~, Lot !, he he ped up TO undergo some de-
fler,o,n,alinn But this pIactice Is not
If the best. because the hcmp gets unequal
l., ,acerated. In countries where there s 10
,.r IN subnergp il, maCeration may he ELECT
IL, nnt,;ne the bundles IN bitches, dug IN The
mud nutting by turns a stack ot bundles,
,d ,,nr of earth, covering them well with earth.
rbe st method Vf all, is that of plnnelng
,he b,mp into the water nIeccptac'es made Tor
,,o ,urnose some of which, very Large, are u
l soon in the territories of Bologna, AifzHo,
onl Ferraba. Some put the hemp 10 maccrate
- ,he running water Of a river; but experience
ta. shown that II does better III still water, nay,
;fn,sibie in water that has already macerated
attn
,o,J he borders must be raised a little 10 pie
ye.t the rain from carrying ANY earth INTO 1t.
Tboy then prepa,e the hemp, well dried, and
cl.,rsed from the leaves, they cat off is cots
,i tbi,oast pxtre mites which they put a>ite
=, nacerate separately. They then makr II np
m bundles, all of an equal lcugth and Niae, not
t,o closely hound aud these they dispose IN the
rond alternately. one opposite to the other, for
,,sse bundles being ola shape somewhat cont
al they occu less space. by beng 50 niS II
,-yutcd The bundles made of this specms Of
teuu mus he out to maceratc separately, from
t,,sr Of thu finer quality The same preeaptl# n
l,,, the used with the hemp. that has hren ga
t,ered. when fully ripe, and that which Is 'eS,
r..frct " aen the pond is fail, let welg I
h, laid upon the bundles in order 10 hrnp
mem always under water In the ponds oil III"
Poognesp they drive in the bottom somr
stakes, AZ the distance ofthree or III feet Tom
e1ch other having at their tops notch. IN
which they fit horizontally other poles. 10 con.
u,lthp bundles 10 lie under water. II is ne.
,..s,ry 20 keep the ponds always fhl' of water.
,,trat The hemp be not leit exposed to the sun.
fle true 4rarea of macrr,lon - wien fie
f5rsadv Gtrp seuarates rasilv from the wood,
and m. ran b. asreriained by taking L."
.,,ks out Of tn bundles, md breaking them
insovnrai uiacts to zee whether thu hbres
4. ,rh with ease Whrn the hemp has Hc-
gIlrci this decree OF Inaceratiop, they take II
on Of the pnnd, aud "a Ia il we'll IL clear wa
mr: tl,cn Gnst pn L TO dry in the sun, nn',-
Ing h- hnaales spreading and turnin2 thpm,
'ibavo them eqnal'y dried. When the hemp
,,pertprllY dry, thry beat II with cad .es,
unon LARGE plauk OF stump, IN order 10
brook the woody part. After having plnrked
ont t,e cnarsesi lint, th"Y make II en3erao
me onefaiinn Of the GrnmGfH, (or mashlne
eagjna0 THIS i an Implement conn red o.
three paralnl rulers tine corners % fhtch are
short ap4 rppnd. ani in the iufnrstce Of
which enier to other rulers, exactly alike, and
)lrr1 hv means ot ring al oU" end OF tn
ey'rpmidas with the Others This Implement
Arnoks and separates the small woody nleces
\ that hal remained aftprthe first operation 81
Uen''n! j. with rnlg"is They 'hen toss the
I.np. aud shake aF ,hatevnr there - left u
wood, with the Spatife or slice. The pramoi1
a'loc may be snl1irie't - break hin Inn
''e machine Of Christiep, OF paris, vi ID The
puc t,r ,hat. which ia thin and sha"f hui
''s single oaera'ion will never he sufficient
n 10 long auj coarse hcur. The hamp 50
A reHHrl, m osnecallv fh" Cn"rep qraltv tor
/ ro''ago, IS ~ np IN h,lp' f,r commerce
and Ne finest quality IS Gardcd, in orderto y
"rna.