Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-10

lucky, should he entirely abandoned. as il
gives the product very dark color, weak.
ems it, and renders it unfit for naval pur-
poses.
In an experiment made upon my farm
about ~ years ago. | found that if the
hemp stalks were pulled in proper Time,
the seeds and buds cut IF. and set aside in
n dry airy place until perfectly dried, then
heated arllfciay no, above 2l2 deg. Fab.
renhcit, that. though when exposed tn he
brake the woody parts did not give way so
readily as the water.rotted hemp vet. after
working repeatedly, the hbres became suffi.
cien,Iy clean. The hemp So obtained had
a yellow greensh color, soft, and r3srm.
bling silk, being much superior in strength
to hemp cured in the ordinary way, for the
reason that the fibres are not weakened by
decomposition, but retain all the strength
,ha, nature has bestowed upon them. Some
small samples prepared in the above men
toned manner have been submitted to the
department, accompanying the monthly
reports.
The new hemp brake, now being finished
is solely calculated to brake green hemp.
Should it answer the expectation and pur-
pose, il would be a matter Of the greatest
importance and consideration, as it would
entirely remove the necessity of resoriing
to the most dsagreeable and troublesome
process of water-rottlng; the farmer could
then pull his hemp with ease and at his
leisure, without being compelled TO have
it all pulled in one day, as in the case of
water rotted.
Twenty or more hands are necessary to
gather an acre of hemp stalks-a number
much to large, as know from experience.
to be readily obtained in a free State;
and this is the strongest reason why the
farmer in free State is compelled to con-
fine himself to very small portion of his
farm for hemp growing purposes; whereas.
if the mode of manufacture of the green
hemp was generally introduced. the free
would enjoy equally with the slave State
both in quality and quantity of their hemp.
Ii is well known that tobacco yields a
large profit when cultivated upon rich
soil; but the number of hands, and the at
tention it requires, forever places it out of
the power of free State to cultivate it
to any extent. Hemp yields a still greater
profit from an equal portion of ground:
and. if treated in the process mentioned
with regard to green hemp. there would
be less trouble than in the cultivation of
potatoes; and the process would he supe-
rior in strength to the best Russian hemp.
| An important remark is necessary to be
made in the culture of hemp. There are
two species. viz: male and fcmale-,he
former being entirely distinct from the
latter; one bearing only flowers and ex-
tended branches at the top, the other seed
gathered closely together in buds; the
former. or male is fiji for pulling about six
weeks before the female, and affprds the
softest and finest fbres, well adapted for
the spinning wheel; the male should be
pullcd as soon as the blossoms and lower
leaves drop; the female when the lower
leaves have fallen, and the greatest part of
the seeds ripened. All Of the seed of
hemp do not ripcn at the same time; con-
sequentIy, part of the seed will he green
when the hemp is gathered The seed
should he separated from the stalks, to-
gpiher with the buds that enclose the seed
and placed in shady and airy place to
dry. After this the seed should be serara.
ted from the hads--a process attended
with some difficulty, as il cannot he rhra she'd
out, like other grain, without injnrng it for
further use; it should be rubbed. For the
purpose Of procuring the seed without in
jury. have invented very simple ma
chine. which answers admirably, and intend
TO submit it To the committee.
The time of pulling the male hemp is
generally neglected by all the hemp grow.
ers in the United States, TO my knowledge
By such neglect the farmer not ONLY loses
nearly one fourth of the whole product of
his best hemp. but by suffering it to
remain standing perfectly dry among the
| green hemp, when exposed together to the
process of either dew or wafer rntling be-
comes decomposcd before the green hemp
is finished, and also spells the color and
corrupts the quality of the female hemp
1t may appear difficult to gather all the
male hemp in a large field from the fc-
male plants This is very easily remeded
by ploughing burrows at parallel distance
of eight feet, which will act as a guide and
suffer the male to be gathered without mo-
lestalon or injury to the other kind.
The experiment Of cultiva,ing and man.
uiacturing hemp was commenced in April.
on a piece or lot of ground. No. o, in
square No. 20) in the city Of Washington.
belonging to Capt. w. Easily, containing
seven thousand nine hundred and sixty
{ three square feet. 1t was not so well cal
cuated for hemp culture as it first APP.
, peared TO be; but, as the season was so
much advanced, no choice was left. The
2 seed sprouIed badly as the weather was d-
reclly opposite TO that which it should
have been to produce good crop The