Show production OF FROM HORSEMINT V al 0 44 T yi 4 0 t J 4 i bed of horsemint grown for seed PreP prepared dred by the hit united states department et e of agriculture the production of from macabe under dav 0 rable circumstances a table commercial undertaking to it recent publication of the he united states department of agriculture lella 71 which is extensively used in medicine was formerly imported from northern europe where it la Is manufactured from seed grown in ili northern india the european war however has reduced the lindor importations ii of tills this substance from pounds in ili 1014 to it little moro more than 2000 in ili to malce up tip talf dellcie it Is bel believed levell that lint might be from improved proved lin hortie nilet plants with which tile dopart ment of jilis been experimenting li for somo time Is found wild on light emidy sells over tho entire region from froin southern new york to florida ind westward to wisconsin kansas and texas and it is s probable lint tant it will thrive under cultivation over tho the same area from 20 to 80 30 pounds pound of oll oil per acre should be obtained from a plon plotting tIng according to the investigations of ahn department and it 11 little less than han 70 per cent of this oil will he be the yield of per acre of therefore Is estimated nt at from a little less leaf than 13 pounds from first year plantings to a little loss less than 20 pounds for subset quent input years the average price of heinol for it a number of years prior to the european war was about 2 it 11 pound tho rhe cost of producing the will dipond depend to it great upon whether the la is grown in ill connection with other oll oil yielding plants for which lilal lil cl it distilling ampara his Is IH maintained unit AS this it Is done it li Is it Is not probable that tile ho wil mill 1 he be to win lint anyone un tn in the industry 1 excluding such items na its find rent taxes depreciation upkeep anul interest ot on the distilling plant it is estimated that can be produced nt at nil an approximate cost of 21 21 per acre the first year and 10 19 per acre thereafter these figures include the alie growing of the plants fertilization cultivation harvesting wid ila tilling A of horsemint will 1111 not have to bo be replanted oftener than once in ili live ivo airs stirs tit nt tile the most and by returning the ho distilled herb to the soil it material reduction in cost of fertilization cun can be mode after the first year fuller information in regard to methods of cultivation and distilling are contained in bulletin which lias has been mentioned |