Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-11

CULTURE, OF HEMP.

| Extract from The Report Of The Select Committee
| OfMe Legislature Of Ohm, 10 Whom wasreftr.
red that part ofhe Gorernors Message which
relates 10 The culture ~ Hemp
On hs soil most taeorabic for Hemp. Hemp
requires soil thai Is soft, Easy To cultivate. RI
| Their lg hn very productive and aell titled !.
and nher the ground IL a II | worn, W II ma
nurod D. soils re- NJ pro ct ibr a. unless
| on new light lands Ihey produce dwarGs
| growth ol winch he bark is too woody, W >
makes The ihread hard aud elastic . these are
| the great defects even for tho coafsest manu
| tnciures. In we SEASONS, u xucc eds hett.r u
The dry SOILS W speak OF, than in mo,ster lands
| These aensons, however, are rarc and h. mp
plantations, placed hy the side ofn liver creek
or wet ditch, SO that the W ter may be very
ocar, bout ever producing an inundation n'e
much esteemed. Anv land, however, that vii
bring good crop of flax. corn or potatoes, viii
bring good frop of hemp
| Onhe proper malurt for hemp plantations -
! All ,oris oi manure, thai make he soil light
ARE proper lor hemp Hemp plantations. on
worn soiis, unless renewed by clover, mug b.
manured every year and II should.b" done -
| fore the winter tllacr, thai tho manure ma
have line during he winter TO rot and NIX
thoroughly with The earth against he spring.
On The Htage Of hemp plantation, The f.
and principal 'ilagr is gwen TO green s"md
| or siubhc nad, late in the fall, ~ - the rary
pari ofthe winter. by well ploughing The ground
~ burrows, so ms ~ expose II 10 the winio
frosis, which tend very much TO break up The
Earth In the spring, the ground is prepared To
receive he seed by similar plougbing al inter
val. OF Is ~ % lays, until il becomes pertfr
y mellow.
On the time aud manner Of sootng The seed. =
In ,hr coursr 4 The month oil Aplil, hemp seed
is sow Sum persons saw earlier and me
later wan lhls md each AR exposed To their
peculiar dangers Those who SOW early have
10 npprrlend the fiosls Of spring, which de
70, al injury 10 the sprIngng hemp; aud
those VIM SOW late arr IN 1intr1 If dr 'nghts
thai sotnrtlmrs prevent the hemp from sp' out
mr. The seed should b. sown tuck. olhef@is'
ne hemp becomes rank, The baik ,stoo woody
and thu fbrrs hafd whicp sa great defect
H. however, II be sOwn 90 Thu KY, the plants
obslluci each other, which is another mconvt
n,rnce A medium, ihcp, must be observed,
which Is easily hit by pracilee The quantity
Of seed requi, ed for hemp partially vaiies &C
cord, o 20 lhr time of sowing, and The reality
of the sol. In kcn'acky, NJ the rae of from n
hushrl and n peck bushel anu a haif oi SEED
is required per acre. Aud as the clinai" aud
soil II Krnruetv are similar 10 those OF ID 10. II
follovs a. a matter oil course, that the 'aaiiiy
of seea required per acre ~ he two states N
nearly the SANE II mus he remarked, that
,he hemp seed 10 one ol thr oily seeds that grow
ranc,d IN tune aud then d. not spront. M
seed should, therefore. be sown on' OF the last
vesr's crop. When II IS two years old, large
mar never comes up and when older, SUI
LARGO, mart After The seed IS sown. Il must be
h,,r,od with u common harrow and care
shonid be tanen 10 prot"c, the hemp, when
canning up from the fayhges OF birds. Aiier
!, !, out oil danger OF buds. very h'ile, II any,
attention need he paid tot. unii II is fl to cut
ar null Should any nccideuthnppeni III" field
an AZ 10 render the hemp too thin 10 warrant
,ood crop. IN order 10 make the best OF II, were
!, only as fc.peols the seed It is prudent 10
weed the Fl I'D, and prevent the plant from be
ing choaked BY useless growth,
Hemp designed Tor the sred TO produce the
hest crop, should be planted IN drills, three or
four feet apari, sn rs 10 give an opportunity oil
running plough, or corn cuiliva.or, between
the rows The pants should stand about eight
inches apart. II is, in ordinary seasons, con.
sidered tho best lime to plant, abou, the time Of
corn planting The hemp should he kept tree
| from, grass or weeds, IN the same manner as
corn although will not require MS much
hoeiog, unless the ground should be very foul.