. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 378 HEMP HEMP not be sown very thick, because in thinning itself it will crowd out many plants and the size of the hemp stalks will not be uniform. The best fiber is obtained from stalks about one-half inch in diam- eter; if a thin stand is se- cured, the stalks fre- quently will grow to be three-fourths of an inch in d ? a m e t e r. Hemp drilled in gives a much more uniform stand than when sown broad- cast, because all of the seeds are placed at a depth to have sufficient mois- germination, and the Repeated experi-. Fig. 5o8. Hemp; staim
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 378 HEMP HEMP not be sown very thick, because in thinning itself it will crowd out many plants and the size of the hemp stalks will not be uniform. The best fiber is obtained from stalks about one-half inch in diam- eter; if a thin stand is se- cured, the stalks fre- quently will grow to be three-fourths of an inch in d ? a m e t e r. Hemp drilled in gives a much more uniform stand than when sown broad- cast, because all of the seeds are placed at a depth to have sufficient mois- germination, and the Repeated experi-. Fig. 5o8. Hemp; staimnate flowers indi- cate time for harvest. ture to insure immediate young plants get an even start- ments have shown that it does not pay to till hemp that is intended for fiber. The earlier the seed is planted in the spring the more assurance there will be of a good crop. Hemp requires a large amount of moisture and should be high enough to shade the ground and thus all water that may fall in the early summer. The average time of planting for eight years at the Kentucky Experiment Station was April 25. The young plants began to come up in about one week's time. It has been found by long experience that the seed that gives the best results is secured from China. The Kentucky Experiment Station has tested the value of a number of Japanese varieties, but none has given as good results as those from Chinese seed. The first year the imported seed is planted the yield is much less than it is in succeed- ing years. Growers say that after the Chinese hemp ^m!m^- Fig. 569. Shocking hemp. has been grown for a number of years it degener- ates and they seek newly imported seed. There are no well marked varieties. Seed-growing.—The hemp that is planted for seed is sown on the river-bottoms. A narrow strip along the Kentucky river produces nearly all of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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