Hemp
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A short 1846 magazine item on hemp as an emerging staple crop of the American West. It reprints a New York mercantile circular advising farmers on preparing dew-rotted hemp for market by hackling it to remove tow and shives, bundling it in tied hands, and baling it in the manner of Russian hemp. It also gives prices obtained, about 6 to 6½ cents per pound, and notes that tow and inferior hemp can be used at home for bale rope and bagging.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1846
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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