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Ä Area: FidoNet - Marijuana Chat ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Msg#: 1687 Date: 06-09-93 22:24
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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. #3
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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[...continued from previous posting]
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[FROM THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS.]
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Experience has already we believe quieted the fears entertained by some
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that hemp was so exhausting a crop that nothing could be advantageously grown
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on the land after it. Among other testimonies on this subject we select from
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the Bellows Falls' Intelligencer the following statement of Mr. Amos Parker, a
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practical and experienced farmer of Springfield in this State.
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Springfield, Oct. 10. Sir -- In answer to the questions you have been
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pleased to ask in relation to the culture of hemp, &c. I can briefly remark,
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that during the years 1813, 14 and 15, I sowed upon my farm about one acre of
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hemp; it was sowed upon what is termed meadow land, upon the Connecticut river,
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and was continued upon the same piece of land, three years successively. --
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There appeared to be no essential difference in the several crops, either as to
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quality or quantity. It may be proper to remark, that during this time no
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manure was put upon the land. The great labor then required to water rot it in
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the stem, rendered the growing of hemp, both expensive and burthensome, and
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finally induced me to relinquish it altogether. From my own experience on the
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subject. I am fully satisfied that a hemp crop, is not what would be called an
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exhausting crop, but may be successfully and profitably cultivated on good
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land, with the same attention that we usually bestow upon our grain and other
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crops.
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Under this conviction, and the additional inducement of obtaining a market
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for hemp without the process of the water rotting, which I superseded by a
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newly invented machine for cleaning, I have engaged to plant a part of my land
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the ensuing season for the purpose of raising a crop of seed, in order to be in
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preparation to raise the lint the following season.
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I am, Sir &c. AMOS PARKER.
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-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
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Letter from the Hon. Samuel Lathrop to the Editor of
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the New England Farmer.
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Mr. J.B.Russel. -- I embrace the first moment of leisure, to give you, in
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compliance with your request, an account of the method pursued by our farmers,
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in the cultivation of hemp. It has been raised in my neighborhood for more than
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twenty years. It is considered as a sure crop; and the price which it has borne
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for a few years past, affords a reasonable remuneration to the cultivator. In
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the account which I shall give, there will probably be nothing new or
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instructive to those already acquainted with the prosesss. If you think it will
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be useful to others you will make such use of it as you think proper.
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Hemp requires a deep and rich soil. -- Any attempt to raise it upon a light
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soil, or upon land worn out and exhausted, until it is recruited by manure, and
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a fertilizing course of husbandry, will result only in disappointment. Nor can
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it long be continued upon the piece of ground, without an annual supply of
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manure. But upon a good soil, with an annual sprinkling of manure, at the rate
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of eight to ten loads to the acre, it may be continued for a succession of
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years, without any material diminution in the value of the crop.
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The ground must be prepared for the seed, much in the same manner as for
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flax. It must be ploughed and harrowed sufficiently to break the clods, and to
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render the soil fine and mellow. As different degrees of labor produce this
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effect, it must be left to the judgment of the cultivator to determine when his
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ground is in a proper state to receive the seed. I can safely say, that few
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farmers err, in ploughing and harrowing too much.
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The time for sowing is about the 10th of May. A few days earlier or later
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will make no difference. It must not be so early as to expose the tender plant
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to severe frosts, and if sown late in May, it will produce a light crop -- the
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stalks will have a thin coat.
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The quantity of seed varies with the strength and condition of the ground.
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Two bushels is the usual quantity sown upon an acre -- and this is generally
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sufficient. Some have used more, and upon very strong land have gone as high as
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three bushels. But I believe that few of our farmers have found their account
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in using a greater quantity than that first named. When it exceeds that
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quantity, the land must not only be strong but it must be reduced to a very
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fine tilth.. Otherwise, when it comes to grow, there will be a great deal of
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under-brush; that is, short spindling, coatless stalks, of no value, and which
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will only be in the way, at the time of pulling. The seed is sown broad cast,
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and bushed or harrowed in, like flax.
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No further attention to the crop is required until the season for pulling
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and cutting. Although the latter mode of gathering is attended with less labor,
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our farmers almost universally adopt the former, as the most profitable. This
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commences about the 10th of August. The time of pulling is determined by the
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appearance of the hemp. There are two kinds of hemp in every field,
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distinguished by the names of the male and the female. The latter produces the
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seed, the former the blossom and the farina. the male hemp has but a few
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slender branches. when this has turned white, or a pale yellow, has shed its
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leaves, and the farina has chiefly fallen off, then it is time to pull it. The
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female hemp has more and stronger branches, and continues fresh and green until
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the seed is ripe. It is common to leave patches or narrow strips, where the
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seed hemp is most abundant, until the seed has ripened, which will be about a
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month after the time of pulling; in which case, the economical farmer will pull
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out the male hemp as far as it is practicable; for the fibres of the hemp that
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stands in the field until the seed is ripe, are always stiff and harsh, and
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will bring less in the market, than that which has been pulled at the proper
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season.
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The pulling is a heavy job. One-fourth of an acre is considered as a day's
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work, though expert hands will pull a third of an acre. No precaution is
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necessary except to guard against breaking the stalks. The laborer gathers a
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few stalks in his hands and pulls them up, and having repeated this three or
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four times, he strikes the roots once or twice with his foot, in order to kick
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off the dirt, then holding the whole loose in his hands, lets the roots drop on
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the ground, for the purpose of making that end of his handful even. And in
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spreading his hemp on the ground, he is careful to lay the butts straight and
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true. This will greatly facilitate the labor of binding.
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Rain upon hemp after it is pulled, produces the same effect as upon mown
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grass. It discolors it and injures its quality. It must therefore be suffered
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to lie upon the ground no longer than it is necessary for its preservation. As
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soon as it is sufficiently dried, which, in warm and drying weather, will be
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after two days sun, it must be bound up in small bundles or sheaves. A little
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rye straw is the cheapest and best thing for bands. Let the band be put on
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towards the middle, otherwise it would be difficult to bind close enough to
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hold together, through all the subsequent handlings. Set up 15 to 20 bundles
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together, well braced at the roots to admit a free circulation of air, and to
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prevent from blowing over, and let it remain in this situation, until it is
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cured sufficiently to put into a stack or under cover. This may be done, in
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good weather, after two or three days. In the construction of the stack, great
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pains must be taken, lest the rain should find a passage into it. It is safest
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to put it under cover, either under sheds about the barn, or by erecting one
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for the purpose.
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[Continued on next posting...]
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Help Fight Back - Support Your Local NORML Chapter!
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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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