. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. B. P. Till- CULTIVATION OF IWiM? IX THE UNITFT) INTRODUCTION. Hemp {Cannabis sativa) (soe fig. 1) is an annual plant of the mulberry family, cultivated for the production of a soft bast fiber. This liber, gray if dew-retted, or light yellow if water-retted, is also called hemp. In a strict sense the name "hemp" is correctly applied only to this plant and its Fig 1.—Field of hemp in Kentucky at harvest time. DISTRIBUTION. Hemp is cultivated conmiercially for fiber production in Russia, Italy, Austria, Hung
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. B. P. Till- CULTIVATION OF IWiM? IX THE UNITFT) INTRODUCTION. Hemp {Cannabis sativa) (soe fig. 1) is an annual plant of the mulberry family, cultivated for the production of a soft bast fiber. This liber, gray if dew-retted, or light yellow if water-retted, is also called hemp. In a strict sense the name "hemp" is correctly applied only to this plant and its Fig 1.—Field of hemp in Kentucky at harvest time. DISTRIBUTION. Hemp is cultivated conmiercially for fiber production in Russia, Italy, Austria, Hungaiy, Germany, France, B(^lgium, Turkey, China, Japan, and the United States. Russia produces more for export than all the other countries. [Cir. 57] 3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
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