Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-02-12

VOL. XII, NO. 13.--WHOLE NO. 2O52.

Dr. Wakeman- fax and hemp be grown for
series of years on the same ground or is rotation
necessary?
VI. BHlingS-l have known hemp grown on the
same field perfectly well for twenty years in sue
cession. The hemp crop Is from seven to nine hun
dred pounds an acre. add lime to land for flax
crop, but not for hemp. When flax is not allowed
to go to Seed it does not exhaust the soil one half
as much. 1t eXhausts about as much as the wheat
crop. Our corn and wheat in Missouri certainly
exhaust the soil. We have already found the ne
cesslty of deep ploughing and subsoiling the land.
1t is better and cheaper by four to one, TO cradle
flax than TO pull it by hand in the old way. We
do not consider the rotting and dressing flax an UNI
healthy business.
DR.. UnderhW of Croton Point-It is exceeding
ly important to establish the culture and manufac-
ture OF flax in country. For the last twenty
five years Ireland has used the water rotting pro-
cess-they pulled their flax before it went to seed.
| They have depended on the United States for their
seed, for the last half century. We supplied al
most all their flax seed for sowing. Dew-rotting
is apt to weaken the fibre and render it less fine
They used to put their flax in still water where it
roted IN from seventeen to thirty days. Dew-rot-
ting required some three months. Some lay the
flax Oh the snow and let it remain until Spring. A
very bad plan. The fax is liable to great damage
from cattle getting among tit Is very unequ0lly
roted and liable to become dirty--it loses its soft.
ness and iineness of FIBRE The operation of era
ding flax is an important one-you get rid Of the
roots of the plants which injurious in the dres-
sing of the flax. ] believe it would be profitable
to raise fax cut it in blossom, and water-rot it on
the farm, at least until Billings new plan can be
found convenient TO the farmer Cotton is now
whitening the ocean in the form of Satisfaction
is dispacing linen in many ways. Our country is
fast being filled with people--we must have prof.
table employment for all hands. We have climates
for Tea, Coffee, Grapes, Plantains, Bananas, Vans
and every good thing, independent of the whole
world We must bring our country to that natural
position to which it is entitled, and then | am fol
reciprocity treaties with all the world.
Mr.. BiiingS-We have exported some hemp tc
Dundee.
Edpin Wiiliams-We raise about forty thousand
tons Of hemp per annum.
Nh Bdiings-Fifty thousand.
DR.. UnderhW I'm 1914 our western country rails
ed about Gorty-fve million pounds of it. The!
made the bagging and ropes for about two millions
and half bales Of cotton. Two vessels loaded
with our hemp left New Orleans for England las
year, loaded with American hemp. The culture o
hemp is increasing among us.
Ed,Cn Wilii0ms-In 1914 our import of cottoi
bagging was but one million six hundred thousanC
square yards. Many important articles of our trad
are not well noted or distinguished from masses, il
our tables of import.
Jldge Vdn Wyk --Ths subject has been con
sidered by our President General Tallmadge, an
as we cannot at this meeting fully discuss this i'm
portant question, | move an adjournment in orde
to have the benefit of the Generals views upon il
as well as others, from whom we may derive valu
able knowledge.
DR.. UnderhiH-Let the bject be continued, an
hemp with it, at the next meeting Carried.