Agriculture for beginners . Flax 228 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS cutting the stalks. Our average yield of flax is from eightto fifteen bushels an acre. Hemp. Like flax, hemp adapts itself wonderfully to manycountries and many climates. However, in America most ofour hemp is grown in Kentucky. Hemp needs soil rich enough to give the young plants avery rapid growth in their early days so that they may form. Fig. •ig. Cutting Hemp long fibers To give this crop abundant nitrogen withoutgreat cost, it should be grown in a rotation which includesone of the legumes. Rich, well-drained bottom-lands prod
Agriculture for beginners . Flax 228 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS cutting the stalks. Our average yield of flax is from eightto fifteen bushels an acre. Hemp. Like flax, hemp adapts itself wonderfully to manycountries and many climates. However, in America most ofour hemp is grown in Kentucky. Hemp needs soil rich enough to give the young plants avery rapid growth in their early days so that they may form. Fig. •ig. Cutting Hemp long fibers To give this crop abundant nitrogen withoutgreat cost, it should be grown in a rotation which includesone of the legumes. Rich, well-drained bottom-lands producethe largest yields of hemp, but uplands which have beenheavily manured make profitable yields. The ground for hemp is prepared as for other grain seed is generally broadcasted for a fiber crop and thenharrowed in. No cultivation is required after seeding. FARM CROPS 229 If hemp is grown for seed, it is best to plant with a drillso that the crop ma\ be culti\ated. The stalks after beingcut are put in shocks until they are dr}\ Then the seeds arethreshed. Large amounts of hemp seed are sold for cagedbirds and for poultr}-; it is also used for paint-oils. SECTION XLVII. BUCKWHEAT Buckwheat shares with r)-e and cowpeas the power tomake a fairly good crop on poor land. At the same time,of course, a full crop can be expected only from fertile land. The three varieties most grown in Amer
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