Show RAISING HEMP g G EDI edl TO n DESERET NEWS SIR i i seedtime seed tim time e is fast approaching our latitude and ind to induce the farmers in utah to e extend i their heir labors a little beyond the culture of a few ew acres of wheat ern corn and potatoes for home bonsu consumption in p tio n or market atan at an exi exl extravagant rava pr price i ice I 1 wan want t to suggest to them to try their lucky hands on hemp tobacco sugar cane and flax the producing of either hemp for instance would not only prove a most profitable crop to the farmer but would also give employment to many in assisting in the rett ing ng breaking dressing and manufacturing manufacturing g it into nto nio ropes twine cordage coarse cloth suitable for sacks troll trousers sers frocks etc who are now nov comparatively idle and would also add wealth thour country while it would increase no little to tb the accommodation of our ciu clu citizens liens A query might arise in the minds of bome some as to whether or not our climate and soil are so well adapted to the culture of hemli hemp as 3 a to that of wheat corn etc tc I 1 answer that I 1 have been seen as good samples of hemp grown in this Territory as was ever cut from the lands of 1 kentucky or missouri A proper proper selection of ground is all that is required to insure a good goad crop of hemp this is easy done by hil hll al who are acquainted with raising corn as that kind of land which will yield the beav beai heaviest iest lest craps crops of corn will also produce the best quality and largest amount of hemp the culture of which is no more expensive sive than that of a cro crop 0 of f wheat cr oats the land should ba have haye e a clean and regular surface upon which three pecks or a bushel of seed should be sown to the acre aad ploughed sloughed hed in with a light plough and ana harrowed barrow d d down own throy it then ihen run furrows for irrigating as is customary on land sown in wheat and yur crop 0 r hemp hew adeas needs but little attention until it is ready for the hemp book or cradle which time is readily known by the light straw color that the bark or lint of th the tha e hemp assumes when it should be cut tied tie tle d hi ird bun bundles dies the seed thrashed off and the hemp ret in a pond creek or tanks prepared far the purpose we believe field retting by the dewsz dews rains and snows snow s may pay yet be successfully practiced with w still idill for the present we woul Would diot not hot advise it I 1 the yield of seed from one acre would at present prices of hemp he mp se see bee e d pay the expenses of raising several acres besides the lint it would produce which we feel safe in baying saying could not fall far short of 1000 lbs ibs per acre is worth per pound and if manufactured into ropes cordage or tine taine would readily br bring ingin in this market 1 per pound and would be fully as productive if manufactured into cloth for sacks wagon ahon agon covers tents etc thus we find 1 if our figures are not wrong and we say they are right that the farmer who will cultivate ond one acre of hemp will for a trifling expense over that of pro producing liu lin ar acre aire of wheat produce five times the value of an acre of wheat give employment to the needy clothe the destitute furnish the citizen with ropes and lines much needed and adi add an important staple commodity to the present list ot of home productions the time and season for sowing hemp is about ibets ame time chati flax is generally sown gown the division of labor being indispensable usually to the success of any department of bu business Biness I 1 would suggest that some of our enterprising citizens turn their undivided attention to the culture and manufacture of hemp realizing that when the mind concentrates its powers on one object the chance are greatly increased that the end aimed at will be attained if it meets your approbation I 1 will give YO you u a few ideas next neit week on ori tobacco and w would uld now observe that those who propose to raise that article should prepare hot beds and sow their seeds as early as the first of marchand manchand march and not only for tobacco but especially for that excellent garden fruit the tomato A earmer FARMER |