Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-01-02
HEMP.

bepuOllcan mas Oeen WtltinS series OF
articles on tho subject of the growth
and preparation of Hemp. From one
Of his articles, we make the following
extracts:--
We have, then, several qualities OF hemp,
which, like cotton, should DO selected al the
tanners own warehouse, where he has, or
should have plenty Of room to stow the sew
eral qualities separately, previous to baling
himself, or delivering ii al the river to be
beled.
Hemp is 10 another respect like cotton; it
has 10 go TO marke, in tightly compressed
bales so thai which is in the interior oil the
bale cannot be seen or gotten at we'll, with
out taking the bale to warehouse and cut
Ting il open for a thorough exsminstion.-
This process would subjec, the article 10
100 much expense, inconvenience and delay;
and hence The necessity oil making a law TO
require the farmers and bslers (the farmers
should ultimately bale all OF their hempl 10
assert The j, lferenl qualities Of hemp preui'
Gus TO baIing, end 10 pu, bu, one quality, as
nearly as possible, into a bale, SO that, the
hemp in the bale should be uniformly alike.
II this can be done, and it can be, il the
Legislature will only pill it SO, as herein set
forth, there will be no necessity for a hemp
inspector in our city.
would, therefore, sugges! that our Legs.
la,ure pass law, the coming session, a. Oil
early day, to be entitled an act TO regulate
the inspection of hemp.
Let the oct Sc, forth, tina, no person shall
keep public warehouse for the purpose Of
inspecting and baing hemp.untl he, or they,
shall have taken out q license for the same,
aud entered into bond in The sum Of one
thousand dollars, for faithful performance
Of the business for which he is licensed.
would have The license 10 cost nomi.
nal sum, as dsem ii Ubiquitous to raise rev>
enue for The State by taxing professions and
occupations. except it be where they are de,
e,eIious TO the public morals.
AS have already said. there are about as
many qualities in hemp as in cotton; yet, fnr
all practical purposes, there is no necessity
Of having hemp assorted and marked, oil
! branded into more than Jour qualities, a:
follows: Inferior, fair, good and prime
Have The law, then. TO require the licensed
boler at his public warehouse. and he farmer
at his own house, withou. license, 10 make
these four articles Of hemp, wherever the al
lce requires il. | would describe the fou
qualities thus: Prime hemp shall be OF The
best quality OF dew roled, of a fair or lead
color fine and silky fibre, that is strong and
free OF sLives.
Good hemp ia the second quality, snd is
OF that class OF hemp which has not the good
color and strength OF the prime; is cosrser
and harsher, yet containing but very te,c
shires. and like the prime is handled neatly.
Fair hemp is tie third quality, and will
include such as is tender, from over.rO!ting,
or such ss is shiny, tOwy. or handled roughly
This quality is generally Of dark color
and about three-lourlhs OF that received here
within The past Two years, would be ranked
in this class, as i. has had all the requisites
for Fair hemp,
Inferior hemp is OF the fourth class, in
which we will include all that is below fair
II hemp should be waIered entirely 100 much
SO as 10 make il very dark and tender al
though all the shives may be taken out
yet the lint is inferior and The bale shoult
be so branded. IT, on the contrary. tn
hemp is not watersd enough, loo many shive
are allowed to remain in ii,and this class o
hemp should also be marked inferior.
have now given you four classes Of hemp
which, think. can easily be dislnguishe
by men who understand the article, and @
} course such only should be allowed lcens
10 inspec, and bale hemp. Ii canno, be ex
q pecled ofa farmer or public bsler, 10 Sc
, lect the article into as many grades as Their
D are in a Liverpool classifcaiio Of cotton
although these nice distinctions do exist
Such nice shades OF differences do no, gene
ally belong to the same crop Of hemp, br
to crops raised by different farmers. An
here tho good judgement Of the merchar
who sells, and the sPeculator or The mani
facturer who buys, i, brought into requis
: ton. Hemp should only be sold in our cit
D by those who thoroughly Understand the al
5 ricle, and the buyers should have an equt
T knowledge OF il. or, they would save tw
commissions, by paying some good hemp
merchant or broker 10 purchase for hin