The Van Buren press., 1898-02-26
FARNERANDPLANTER.
Crops ~ TIE SOUTH.
Farmer ADVISES Is Iasus Mors Hemp aad
Lees GgftR8l

y y
Less egfieR1
The worlds markets are over sup
Z led with uot1Ou-1ol 50 With hemp
b modern processes hsup . mace 10
lade the place q fax ana Il spun into
fac threads snd 4ne linens Linen
NAE ufaetnHe ID a neglected industry "a
the Uaitsd kfalss. bat oilers equal
pHoBt vita AZ other when once e.
Ia isbe1
Tie lnp ortsii0n gf vegetable hbers
into 1be United States arc sgme $4,000
I9nA a. Of which may be produced a
tae cotton klales when once 3 system
q lac sffart j. made. The growing II
hemp Is d success IN this country. a. i
II ia Europe. and we import zone I9os-
J93 tone Of tue hemp. which fhe south
can and sh0uIa produce. Tie only
taing il tie neeesslt ~ Of systematic al
benton 10 She work. California has
started tie business there. and expert
1DenJs have been made N al The cot
son states showing that the climate
nd soil are perfectly adapted 70 Is
ga0stl-
Hemp j. native Of southern China.
aBd thriTeg beat ia d hot. narshy eli
mate. Il las DO enemies excepting
TIE occasional drought. sueh as pre-
va ed 10 1926. when lac crop u M3ssis-
sippi aas lghL Last year Il was Is 70
d feel high. Hemp grew Ia Mississip-
p IN lsg5 1895 and ls95 to the height
u Is feet IN - days. yielding 1000
pounds Of fiber per acre, worth Sl75
per Ton aud costing S. per acre u
grow II. The whole southern country
u adapted 70 hemp IN proportion
to the rainfall Il nefer fails from
any other cause Il Is planted from
February 10 August and septemb Der,
making crop IA 80 days IN warm
weather and ia 80 days when planted
II February. Tie eost Of planting
hemp up0n The Old cotton lands n 800
70 ;. 90 acres is a. follows. Fertilizers
per acre. s@50; seed 81: blowing and
sowing. $50; t0aai. ~. No further
attention = given 10 the crop until in
full blossom in 81 " ~ days, as it is
s0Wn broadcast. The hemp is then
cut with combined reaper and NOW
er, drawn by three mules, cutting
10 acres per dag. When dry. in
some Two 70 four days. the hemp is
stacked or put nIef c9ger at cost
for cutting and stacking per acre Of
81. %. This is doH be the coat IN Cali
foraia al present. where tue growth of
hemp is rapidly extending.
There are three ways Of fotting the
hemp straw 70 obtain The Int or
d1er.
first-spreadiug it upon the ground
TO b. rotted. a. Hog done 10 Ken
lucky. the time depending upon RAIN
falL Uncertain, aud crop poor
see9Hd-Placing the hemp in tanks.
Or pools, Or streams. for : holidays, and
then drying IT,
Third-Iurniag tie straw over to
the middle man, or breaking out the
fiber before rotting or chemically
treating It.
There is but little difference in the
cost Of the three processes, where
once the appliances are prepared.
When rotte1 the hemp is broken BY
passing in through breaker Of huted
rollers and then baied and shipped.
In Kentucky the breaking is still
done by hand but nowhere else.
The machinery TO break hemp will
cost S751 70 81, 900 for each ) acres, and
Is run ~ the same engine as the gin
about 10 horsepower eaclf; The cost
Of growing hemp when systematically
done upon an extensive SCALE is $3.50
~ Sl5 per acre for each crop. A crop
of hemp and a crop Of peas may be
grown in the northern parts and two
crops OF hemp further south. Peas
once in two years are ample fertilizers.
The product Of a hemp crop system
aticaily grown on good soil is 2 000 to
2 800 pounds per acre, worth $50 per
ton rotted and handled as done in Ken
lucky, SIPS to $50 por ton as doae in
California, aud $50 10 $500 when chem
ically prepared, or as sItilIfully done
in Italy and France. Russian hemp is
worth 500 ~ sl2J per ton.
IL two crops are grown year the
first one viii be cut couple Of weeks
sooner and gives little less fiber, but
Of finer quality, while the second crop
does not generally grow quite as tall,
giving rather less yield. The yield
Of one crop, J5 10 Is feet high, would
be 2, 900 to 2.5O0 while two crops "A TO
10 feet and the second II to IA feet,
would be about 1000 pounds. This
would give $50 to Sl2h per acre for one
crop, made in Kentucky style, and slGD
for two crops, while waler-rotted, as
n California and Italy, the single crop
would be worth Sl2h to Sl75. aud the
two crops $3.50 10 $500.
If handed in finer manner the
product would be $40 10 500 for one
crop and $3.50 to 500 for two crops,
leaving net profit under the poorest
and most expensive handling of all
Of So per acre per crop at outside.
Hemp is now grown in California and
put upon the cars, baled for shipment,
at So to SD per ton, while labor cost
double and freight TO the east four
times as much.
This is not theory; there is no guess
work in it, but anyone can prove it,
step by step, until satisfied. Hemp
has been grown success fully in every
southern state, nor Is there any likeli-
hood Of the market receiving an over.
supply. Hemp can he grown in the
southern states 10 compete with ali the
world. Would it not be well Tor some
one TO step in and see whether this
suggestion Of. another George Law
South sea, or marus multicaulis may
not, after all, have something in it2-
Cor n. O. Picayune.
PROFIT FOR FARMERS.