The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-19
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From the Annual Report Of the ON. Of Patents
REMARKS on TIE AGRICULTURAL.
STATISTICS.-CoSriNprD.
TLAx AND llEMP.-More difficulty has
been found IN iOfmlng an estimate OF these
two articles than any other embraced 10 the
tabular view. They are co.bJined III the
census statistics, aud the amount is some
ZINES gwen IN ions, sometimes 10 pounds,
20 that i! IS 10, easy alwaysto discriminate
between them. More than halt OF Tie
whole combined amount must probably be
allotted 10 fax, as but little hemp, compar4
iWeiy, IS known to be raised. Elaxseed is
used Tor the manufacture Of inseed oil, con
siderable quantities of which are Annually
imported ,ulo this country tor various puf.
poses. Inc OIL cake, remaining after The
OIL IS expressed, Is wei known article ia
use, mingled with tie food oil horses aud
ulhrr animals.
+ Ia these articles of FAX aud hemp com
blued II the recapIlulaIiou Of tho census
statistics is correct, Nirglula IS IN advance
d all ths other States; then follow Nilsson
lst ANA4Ah N<aAhtAa4aF NttAiNf AANA4thAA bAtAt'
ana, Tennessee, peunsy wanna, New Jer
sey, Illinois, New ork, and other States.
II IS believed, however, that some ot The
amounts, as returned by tho marshals,
should rather have been credited 70 pounds
Of illx than to tons, Us more nearly cores.
poudng 10 the actual condition OF the crops
IL our country. Kentucky probably ranks
tho highest with respect TO the production
of hemp. The cruP a $40 VAS a great
failure, aud thet ot the past year also sui.
tered much from the dfy weather There
ls not 50 much attention paid to the culture Of
tbs article Us rs Importance demands yet
there is every ground Of encouragement
Tor Increased enterprise 10 tic production
Of hemp, from the supply required "a cur
own couulry. The difficulty most 20 the
way OF IT'S success, hitherto, has been ne.
glect, either from ignorance, iuoxpeneuec,
or some other cause, property to prepare Il
Ter use by the best process Of waterford.
ting. The agucuilUus's ol car country
seem, 10 THIS respect % have too s1cu
Welded TO Encouragement. The dcstu
5lencss o! some ucw aud satisfactory re.
suits On this subject viii b sccn from size
.uci, that u IS stated tho unnrli elnannp
ton d. hemp n our NAYS amounts 70 Heat'y
two thousand lous besides uaigls, the dc.
maud Tor he rest 81 our shipping not less
than abou, eleven lhogslGd tons more !
making 90 aggregate Of nearly thirteen
thousand tous-tAc price ol which Is put
At fioa @220 To- S250 and BY some, eYcn
- high as $3.50 per ton, together ~l'h
other aat !a.eFor qualities, which arc used
10 supply tho deficiency 81 tie better atti
Gle. oar hemp, 5, - further stated, oo
nigh authority, alcu properly Waterfront
led, proses, by actual experiment, 10 b.
one fourth stronger than Russia hemp, TO
take iigc feet more run, aud 70 SPIN twelve
pounds more 10 tie ioar hundred pounds.
IS hen so much is fe,t and ssid on the 10
crease Of our navy rfospcct'cly, Il - an
object worthy of aucLtloa 10 secure, IT pos
s.ble. the production Of hemp ~ our own
{ country, adequate 20 oil our demands
Tho Introduction, too, OF gunny bags, and
Of Scotch and Russia bigGtug, and iron
hoops for cotton, renders THIS direction OF
the hemp product more necessary and in,
poriant. tls hoped that some process d
walerrouing, which sill prove at once
both cheap and satisfactory, may yet be
discovered by the inventive genus Of our
. coua,fymen, who are not won't 10 be dis
! Outraged at any slight Obstacles.
TorAcco. The crop Of 1880, IN tbs
. article, on which the census statistics are
j founded, is deemed, rs appears from the
notices on this subject, to have been short
one, and below the average. The crop o.
, tho nast year was much more favorable
, beyond an average indeed, II IS described
IN some Of the journals as 50 large.
4 Virginia, kentucky, Tennessee, NorI'
. Carolina aud Maryland, arc the great to
bacco growing States. An advance IN thu
= product IS likewise IN steady progress u
j. Missouri, where the crop Of l-il 10 cs'tma
: ted at nearly 1900 hogshcads, and To-
1912, IT IS expected that as many as 2O,oo'
i may be raised. Some singular changes an
y cong forward with regard to this great sta
( plo Of several of the States. Reference
i here intended TO the increasing dl'pnsIslo
/. eynccd, as well as the success thus Tar Of
tending tho effort, to cultivate tobacco .
some Of the northern aud northwosler
;. States. The tobacco produced IN llllnoi
has been pronounced by competent Judge
N from the tobacco growing States, aud VIII
% have lhero been engaged IN the culture
- this article, TO be superior, both IN quall'
a, and the amount produced per acre to VIA
is The average yield of the soils horo'oioI
at deemed best adapted to It's purpose
=, Connecticut, also, the attention devoted
' !, has been rewarded with much success
u. 100000 pounds are noticed as the produ
MS of single farm of no, more than MY acre
r i, is, indeed, affirmed, that tobacco can
=. raised IN Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Ct
y, nessee, at larger profit than even whe
". or Indian corn. Considerable quan'ii'e
also, were raised In lSil IN Pehnsylvan
go and Massachusetts,, where It may pFooao
~, "a become an object Of increased attention
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