The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-18
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Grolr'rg and Cleaning Hems -Having
been frequently inquired 81 Nv persons of th,s
and oihrr sirtes. WITHIN few weeks PAST bs
lrtier and otherwise. ior Information CONFER.
ming the culture 4. cleaning al Hemr, the MI.
! snNtages oi machine invented hy Hines and
| Baln lis cost, ~. ~ are inanred to submit
| through the MEDIUM ot on columns the fol
/ lowing synopsis, collected partly from csperl-
/ neut ard prnly ifam the mosf Authentic
miormeiion we have been able to obtain
/ from others
/ The season tor sow'ngor planting ol II mn
T may hs considered from the first NJ Nav 10
the 9TH Of July---1epeudirg On the condition
] otthr lend, or the convenience ri the farmer
/ The nsnal qunurit ri serd required 60 SOW
an stre, IS iva bushels. which will nrodnre
ION first rate lard) lfain seven 10 twelve hun.
/ drrd pounds of Hemp, Hhru fitted for use or
market. The best qaniv Of nemp j. trndn.
ced hQm the stem cot before the seed is tu!iv
/ formed planting fer seed is preferred 10
sowing. This Is performed BY means 81 n dri.l
/ drawn hv horse which drpusttz aud cuvers
1 the seed in rows, al the dis,nnee nj three 10
! four feet one wey, md rom io1r Ia eight nch-
| es the-hiher BY this mode TN farmer IL en-.
I ahleJ, by the use Of TIE cultfYater and fb,.
| hot, - keep down ihP weed, mud thereby
not onlv mp'nFe III q alDirs but ajd much
/ 10 the quantity II iced prrdueed. Anpvernpr
/ pFednri from good taUl well tend,i. is A.
! bpht-twnniy bushels 20 the acre--ihcrpl don.
| bic TINT quantity is often rro ured The
! mode 81 harvesting crop al limp prodrred
! for the lint, is hy the means oi u cradjr. when
! il is bound IN email bundles aud ST ~, on lhe
! butts in stouts tor curing nter which II I. IL.
! ken 10 the machine Tor cleaning. TIE M.
chine IN question, viii brpdk ibree hundred
| pounds ol HEMP or laN per hour. either rot
ted or unroited. is-.o construrt,d rs 10 op.
| crate one hunhrrd afiA tW ave tunes On eye
| ~ inch ri stem rs 4 pnssrs throuoh the ma
! chnt and when rnnaing Ut iull -rerd rising
ot luohuudrrd thousand flute are made IL
| oprrnte- on llrmp OF ftaN urr minute, in SUI
! Gcier4 force ~ crHck or ii.odee The ST IN or
. woody substance, and AZ the #atne time pr
.erve nnimpaireIi the coal or fhfr. Il can be
| worked either hS steam or uaIsr power a.
MA, hrsf su,l the convenience oil those inter-
rs'rit II run by steam, the hives made hy
the machine in breaking the hemp serve as a
substitute for luel--a~avs producing IN eX-
cess al about one hal! The first cost of the
machine. i about one thousand dollars. The
cost OF the buildings suitable Tor working The
machine. IS from sven 10 twelve hundred
doilars,-dpuending aii The facilities afforded,
and h.. chrapness ol building ma.erinle, III
the SECTION OF country where the machine
| NAV chance to he located lhe grrbd nd.
vnn,ages The newly di.covered mode ct rot
] ting HEMP after breaking, has oNei the stem
proces e., IS i, iscall"d. VIII appear most oGvi-
/ Gus. when II is known lhat ~ H. not only
vast expense IN time. ~ iabor Is sav,d. bul the
risk of losing the crop by 10" much rnting So
! consequent on The stein prncts>,ls wholly r.
voided The cost of ruttug ton OF hemp nv the
stpm-prorcss is from thirty 10 forty dollars. .
/ Aod when sufficiently roued to .llvest the Ghe
! Of the vegetable or elntnnus substance the stem
should b. Immediately removed from the water.
rs delay Of two o. three daNs, or IN the event
~ continued storms or cloudy weather. when
the heun is sptead 10 div the fibre Is rendered
Of LITTLE OF no vanc. Besides there is loss too
in shrlnkaee by this mode jtperformed without
accident bev ond that oil rotne without break
inc. Of twenty per cent. The process Of rotng
after breaking is not onl, siople and cheap, but
ey,,odtions aud sdfe After breaking. the hemp
j., tied IN bundles. aud mn, sed IN sill or run
ming water from thu space OF three - five daVs,
deppnding on the temperature oi III" water
p whence it is take1 aud spr, nd TO- DRYING Three
70 five hours sla will dTy it--ater which II n
gan run through thc machine, al the rate nj
FIVE to eight tons per day. ihis operation not
only dive,t, tie Gbre Of the remaining shIves,
hut renders it soft and Gt for market. he
slrrinkage In weight by this mode OF rating.
does not exceed ten 10 fifteen per cent. where
as by the Sfem-process, II Is from thirty 10 TIM
five 4 SECOND operation. or running through
the machinr, will not dvrst the hbre of the
naming shivcS when the stem has been roted
before breaking, but II requires 10 be battlefield
+ aud swingled OF passed through the dressing
machines at considerable expense of labor a.
we'll ne les of fibre IIuS II vii he perceived.
thai nv the new ~ discovered and highly impro-
we'd mode of rotling aud cleaning hemp, the ia1-
mCr will have len about the same quantity Of
hptap fitted for market or use, (allowing ON
third the price of cleaning ~ the nachlnc.) thai
he would from the rhoic prepared and cleaned
by the stem.proce II also appears, that by
this mode a saving Of labor is realized by the
grower Of This valuable article, OF al least one
hundred and forty dollars rer ton In all cases
where hemp IS used for fine work, II requires To
he hate helcd To separate the fibre from the tow.
It mieht he well here 10 add another fact BY
the improved mode Of rotting, 1.-THE hemp should
remain 10 he water ten or twenty days after a
accommodation Of It's vegetable on giHunous sui
stance fht hhre Will not receive any material IN
Jury nor Will it be endangered by stormy or
cloudy weather, when spread 10 d'g any more
than canvass by use, cloth by bleaching.