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Ä Area: FidoNet - Marijuana Chat ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Msg#: 1686 Date: 06-09-93 22:23
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From: Northcoast OH NORML Read: Yes Replied: No
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To: All Mark:
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Subj: Fairbanks Comp. #2
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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[...continued from previous posting]
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HEMP.
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On the Culture and Preparing Hemp in Russia,
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transmitted by the Hon. John Quincy Adams,
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Minister at St. Petersburgh, March 1810.
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In Russia, when the season is mild, the Hemp seed is sown about the first
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of June, old style. -- The richer the soil of the land employed for it, the
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better. A chetwirt of seed, (100 chetwirts are equal to 75 quarters, Winchester
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measure,) is sown on a piece of land of 80 fathoms (English feet) long, and 60
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fathoms broad.
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The land is first ploughed and harrowed, and, about 200 single horse loads
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of dung being spread upon it, it is left for six days, when it is again
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ploughed, and the seed sown and harrowed the same day. In about four months the
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seed becomes ripe, and the hemp is then pulled up with the roots; if it be
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allowed to remain too long in the ground, it is apt to become harsh. It is
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bound into heads or bunches of four handfuls each; these are hung upon sticks
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placed horizontally, thus X--O--0--O--O--O--O--X and allowed to remain so for
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two days. It is then made into cut or thrashed hemp, as may be agreeable. The
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cut hemp is made by chopping off the heads containing the seed. These are put
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into the kiln, and, after remaining there for eighteen hours, the seed is
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beaten out.
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If thrashed hemp is to be made, the heads or tops must not be cut off, but
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the bunches of hemp, placed entire in the kiln, and, if the weather be warm, it
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will be sufficiently dry in three days, when the seed must be thrashed out of
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the heads. In either case, three days after the seed is separated from it, the
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hemp must be put to steep or rot, either in a stream or a pond, and that the
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hemp may be entirely immersed, it is put under wooden frames upon which stones
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are placed, or, where they are not to be had, earth is substituted, after the
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frames are covered with planks.
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the clearer and purer the water, the better will be the color of the hemp.
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Where water is warm, three weeks steeping will be sufficient, but, if cold, as
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in rivers, springs &c. five weeks or longer may be necessary. At the expiration
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of this period, a head of hemp is taken out and dried; if, on beating and
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cleaning it, the husk comes off, the hemp may then be taken out of the water
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but if the husk still adheres to it, it must be allowed to remain some time
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longer. This trial must be repeated from time to time, till the husk separates,
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when the hemp must be taken out of the water, and suspended to dry, as directed
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before, on its being taken off the ground.
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The hemp is now to be made into two sorts, distinguished by the names of
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Spring and Winter hemp; the former being dry and rather of a withered
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appearance, the latter more moist, and a fine brownish green color, containing
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more of the vegetable oil, and, therefore, the most apt to heat, though, if not
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shipped at Petersburg or Riga, before September, there is not much risk of its
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heating any more on board the ships, especially on short voyages, as to
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England, and is, the best fit for cables. If it be intended that the hemp
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should be early ready for market, it is made into Winter hemp by the following
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process: On being taken out of the water, it is left suspended in the open air
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about a fortnight, when it is put into the kiln for twenty-four hours, after
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which it is broken by means of a hand-mill, and the wooden instruments, of the
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shape of a large two-edged knife, lastly, to unravel it, it is drawn through a
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wooden comb, or card, with one row of wide wooden teeth, fixed perpendicularly.
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The hemp is then laid up or suspended in sheds, and is fit to be sorted,
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bound into bundles, and loaded into the barks.
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The hemp to be prepared as Spring hemp, is allowed to remain suspended, and
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exposed to the weather the whole winter, until it be dried by the sun in the
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spring, when it is broken and cleaned in the same manner as the Winter hemp.
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As the greatest part of the summer elapses before it can be made fit for
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the market none of this hemp reaches St. Petersburg until the following spring,
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that is, two years after it was sown.
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The hemp is sown in the same manner as linseed, rye, or wheat; land, of a
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sandy soil, may also be employed for it, but it must be strongly manured,
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otherwise it will be too short, and a flat country should always be preferred.
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One chetwirt of seed commonly yields 25 loads (upwards 36 pounds English)
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of hemp, and twelve chetwirts of hemp seed.
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[FROM DEAN'S NEW ENGLAND FARMER.]
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This plant is tap-rooted, and therefore does best in a deep and free soil.
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It is luxuriant and quick in its growth, and therefore requires a rich and well
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prepared soil. The soils which have been found to suit it best, are a rich
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gravelly loam, or a rich black mould, which is dry and deep. It is an error to
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think that it needs a wet soil, for it bears drought almost equally with any
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plant that we cultivate.*
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-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
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*NOTE. -- Some farmers have fallen into this error the present season, and
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will probably be disappointed in their expectations of a crop. Others have
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planted upon cold, shallow, heavy soil, vainly anticipating a crop of hemp
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where nothing else will grow. The judicious, enterprizing farmer will see the
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impropriety of forming an opinion as to the profits of a hemp crop, founded
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upon such premises. The statements of Messrs. Barnum, Lathrop, Parker, and
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others, predicated upon actual and successful experiment, it would seem, must
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satisfy the most incredulous that this branch of agriculture may be profitably
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pursued in this country; and any failure not incident to other crops must
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result from want of experience in the proper selection of soil, or from
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improper management.
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-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
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To prepare land for a crop of hemp, the land should be ploughed to a good
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depth in the fall of the year preceding. If it be green-sward land, it should
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be ploughed as early as August or September, that the sward may be perfectly
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rotten. And if it were ploughed in ridges it would be better, and fit for
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sowing the earlier. -- And by cross ploughing and harrowing in the spring, it
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should be made extremely fine and mellow. A little dung should be applied, if
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the land be not in the best heart; and the fall is the best time to apply it.
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But if composts are used, they should be laid on just before sowing.
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The time of sowing the seed is as early in the spring as the soil can be
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got in good order, as it is a plant that is not easily injured by frost; but
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the middle of May will not be too late.
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"The quantity of seed for an acre, in the broad-cast way, is three bushels;
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but half that quantity, in the drill method, will be enough. -- If the land be
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poor, a smaller quantity will serve. The ground should be watched after sowing,
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that birds do not take away the seeds.
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The great profit on a crop of hemp, and its being an article that will
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readily command cash, should recommend the culture of it to our farmers.
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Persons need not fear their crops will lie upon their hands, when they consider
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the vast sums of money which are yearly sent to other countries for this
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article, almost enough to deprive the country of a medium, and how naturally
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the demand for it will increase as it becomes more plenty. There is no reason
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to doubt of success in raising hemp if the soil be suitable, and well prepared
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-- for it is liable to no distemper -- cattle will not destroy it, unless it be
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with their feet and it is an antidote to all sorts of devouring insects.
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Neither is the plant difficult as to climate. Though the hottest climates do
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not suit it, temperate and cool ones do -- and it has been found by the small
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trials that have been made, to thrive well in the various parts of New England.
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The most northern parts are very suitable for the growing of hemp -- the
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southern are equally so.
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[Continued on next posting...]
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Northcoast Ohio NORML Chapter
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Contact: John Hartman
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Phone: +[1]-216-521-WEED
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