, 1881-06-25

4 rev iemai,d has been made n tee
fax and hemp gr,usrs Of :hc west -'h'n
the past two yrarA It n for tw'"e i''
binding grain. and it has been crta'-d .!
TIE self Lind,ng harve>t.as ~ae'iihe',
which alrraiy in seasons pas' have CON
su,nsd such amazing qnsntiii dai,'s the
f.w weeks Of harvest As TO ai.nosf ss~gsrr
helief In .he state Of Minnesota alone
this year it is estimated that sloo.o"
worth d; corI will b. used Tins the
wire binders ar, gradually giving place
10 the safer cord, and it would seem as II
il we're about time that We were waking
I'D to III. fat tha. marke, Is 'p-n al
our doors for fibre for making II. Our
soil ami c:im,te are perfectly adapted to
il. growth, and i; app ars strange :; al
hardly any ohc yet has male move
toward raising i; here. Yet IN 1879, IN
III. last stats icai report at hand, We Ind
that in addition 70 wtist was grown IN
this country there Was pPorted abori
q; O1O OO) fr IN abroad, :thrr in its raw
ar manufactured state. 20 get II We had
y, draw ON almost all the foreign coun-
tries nf the world, and IA pay IN some
instances as hi Ii IS 50 % per ton ior the
dressed article. In our Own land, The
sta.e uf Kentucky seems to be The only
section where any particular attention IL
,,a;a To ,fs cultivation, and even slI,- has
tailed 10 hold lis own within the past + "
wears AS asaius, the inroals Of East hoIses
and blooded cattle. The great hlndranc-
in this country 20 this industry, and the
c:pal reas.ns why 1t i, not more eS-
t.n.iyel, c,oxn. are thus stunned up oy
the manu- acturer Low dulles OH Tile
inporie, arlicl., the extensive cultivation
of fiay in CauaGa, tie haphazard and
yaseful manner of cultivation and hand
ling here, and the difficulty Of competing
with for, iyncrs IN chrai nr-s ct hbnE as
well as in tn qualify and value OF the
article" For coarse usys, such as max
iug string and hagglng, II IL cia,nird 'ha'
American t''w is Superior I" any that Is
lm,rrted Ii g sad {" Possess grea er
trAibIliy V than ti.at t,o.n Rrss,r, an 1t
is only a question which 'hc Producer
shall 5, tie himself as to whether lie shall
raise the fibre for his tw;ne binder or leave
It to the syarthy Russian 10 do 4 for hnn-
An item from a Kentucky Ir,inr will
show the s:aius OF the MAI ket ,herc
The produce f so acres Was bnnahf Al
50 per ll2 pounds iundres>-d WI Sup
puse), with premium or 500 a4d: lp,,al
for the crop" A gentleman who Is
posted and sees tn, magnitude 81 III de
mand f"r cord .ur binding, says IF this
re.iom: II b.:,i, sc there l. great fu-
tnre for ,he hemp indus ~ Ia k,.h' 'ncky
and IN, demand will ibcre.'s,, until 1t ls as
great or greater than III past yea,s. 1t
will be u-ed for maxim. into tsine for
binding eraiu, for Crash t.Sciin.s and
fabrics OF vaIipuS kinds. N IS5J in this
etate there wer, l59 manufacturing es-
rablish.nents turning ou' s., 81 900 WORT,
of haSsgir,g and c..riasse, hu: IN $50 the
number had decreased To twenty. THIS
Will sho~ how tie industry has came
down frotn the causes stated.
The cult.vati IL If h.mp 10 s'n,sHha; .
similar t, iha, OF fax. Any good, rich,
iualny land Is adapted 10 ITS growth. 1he |
iind Is b,.iser Ia be pi"aed IN III. f,ll |
ard again stirred III The smiu-, afrer !
which il IS usually lett fnr 4 few days
Tia, the so!l .nay be acted "I. by the >ei, >
Influence, AFT T VII Oh II is r, a"y far the /,
seed 4 bu>hrl Of sord Is GENERALLY s"Hn |
to the acre. HI re Will be bu, it.:r
trouble With the weeds, ~ the hemp
nsu.:ly occupies all the sro"nr, aid for !
thi. rvason Is regarded ~ sou'e asr:eul- |
tur:sts rs ali excellen, clearing crop when
IN r.ta'iyh :" inreeede fax.
1t il n"w usually harvested by |
cutting the plants off near the ground,
with heavy knife or inrl III, Mt made
for the purpIse- Tue STALKS
are laid IN rows, .ven at the bats and
are allowed l., lay f.r "a ,ew days :" dry. !
They are then lound III bundles and {!
shocked to become Thoroughly dry before
shocking. In Kentucky the best t,ni- TO
spread it for retting s November or
December and when sufficiently let e' Is
/, a,,ain put III sh ,css. The sllt ha.i;l- |
brake is tn, kind Usually used there, the
being carr ed around I" avoid |
the removal IT the hemp srraw.