A Report on the Culture of Hemp and Jute in the United States: With Statements Concerning the Practice in Foreign Countries, the Preparation of the Fiber for Market, and Remarks on the Machine Question (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A Report on the Culture of Hemp and Jute in the United States: With Statements Concerning the Practice in Foreign Countries, the Preparation of the Fiber for Market, and Remarks on the Machine Question It is not necessary to go into details regarding the varieties of hemp. Several are grown in this country, that cultivated in Kentucky, and having a hollow stem, being the most common. China hemp, with slender stems, growing very erect, has a wide range of culture. Smyrna hemp is adapted to cultivation over a ...
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Excerpt from A Report on the Culture of Hemp and Jute in the United States: With Statements Concerning the Practice in Foreign Countries, the Preparation of the Fiber for Market, and Remarks on the Machine Question It is not necessary to go into details regarding the varieties of hemp. Several are grown in this country, that cultivated in Kentucky, and having a hollow stem, being the most common. China hemp, with slender stems, growing very erect, has a wide range of culture. Smyrna hemp is adapted to cultivation over a still wider range, and Japanese hemp is beginning to be cultivated, particularly in California, where it reaches a height of 15 feet.1 Russian and Italian seed have been experimented with, but the former produces a short stalk, while the latter only grows to a medium height. A small quantity of Piedmont ese hemp seed from Italy was distributed by the Department in 1893, having been received through the Chicago Exposition, but it failed to germinate, as doubtless the seed was too old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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