, 1841-11-27
Hemp Culture.

Hemp Culture.
INTERESTING TO FARMERs.-Dr. Barrett
Of Springfield, as many OF our readers are
aware. is the agent Of a company in New
York who loaned a large amount of money
to the citizens Of cor Military Tract three
years ago with which to inter their lands
at =. then land sale. He visits mere every
N,,snber, as the notes fall due, to receive
IA mtnt and this was his business here last
week. OAing to the hard times, he found
the settlers in many cases, unprepared 10
pey, ard this led him TO inquire into their
ictitural operations Meeting US one day
h sand, 81 wish you would tell your farmers
% 60 into the raising of hemp. 1t those who
uttered their land three years ago had done
% they would have found no trouble what
ever in making their payments, and would
now have had the land clear and been indie
pendent Il am afraid, like every thing
else. it is 4 very uncertain CROP we replied.
Not at ALL said he, at is the surest and
most profitable crop the ground can pro-
luce" 'Are you well acquainted with it?'
Yes, | was raised in Kentucky. where it is
the great staple. and | can give you a state
ment IN a few minutes showing what the clear
profit might be from the crop in this country
Taking hun nj his word we sat down, when
he produced tie following. There were
three settlers present, having business with
him. TO whom lie occasionally referred for the
rates OF labor here. and in every case he
made the charge higher than they estimated
it.-1Peora register.
Cost of CulliUating 10 acres in Hemp.
Preparing the ground for the reception Of seed
i. e. two plon.hing, and one narrowing. So
ner mere 800 90
Sowing ,a nc and narrowing in so cts. per acre, 5 90
Seed. Il. bushels, at 81 per bushel - so
Cutting 10 acres, 81 per aero 10 90
Shocking do. 50 cents per acre 90
Spreading 10 rot. so cents per acre 90
Gathering up to break. so cents per acre. 90
Breaking. 81 per 100 lbs, land 10 acres ought to
produce in this country 800 to the aero
equal to 5000 lbs, so %
Sending 5000 lbs. to St. Louis, 25 cts. per
100 2ooo
Total expense of 10 acres. sl62 90
Credit.
5000 lbs. Of hemp. at SIS per 100 land it has
not been worth less for ten years. 400 90
of production deducted, l62 50
Net profit of ten ocres, S237 so
Here isa clear profit of S23 Is per acre,
if the owner of the land even has to hire
every thing done. If he does it himself, he
gets we'll paid for his labor in addition to this
profit.
Ii will be seen that all depends upon the
price of the hemp, which is rated at SIS per
100 lbs. DR.. Barrett informs us that il is
this year So, and is sometimes as high as
$40, while he has never know il to be less
than S. A Cincinnati paper before us quotes
as follows:
Hemp. Manila, per cwt. $40 Qua ii 90
I" brown, 90 9 so
Bale Rope per lb. loa IL
Begging, ~
Jared rope - 10
Manila rose d" loa ~
AT New York the prices 1--WE copy from
the last Journal Of Commerce) are;
Russia, clean. per ton, 235 l. Q. per cwt. II IS
Manila, LV 'oo
Italian, 1'o Eau 1 ~
At St. Louis the price is 1--WE copy from
the Bulletin:)
Hemp, scarce. Per ID. 7as
In the first two quotations foreign hemp
only is spoken Of. We remember TO have
seen it stated somewhere that when the
American article is well got out, it is supe-
rior to the Russian. If so, and our farmers
could GO, $40 per cwt. for it, the clear profit