. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. hemp grown in America for seed purposes. About two quarts per acre are sown. This is often planted in hills, seven feet apart, in rows six to eight feet apart. About four stalks are permitted to grow to the hill. This hemp is carefully cultivated and kept free from all weeds and The seed is used in the making of oils for paints, for bird and poultry food, and various other purposes. The yield of .seed is fifteen to thirty to the acre. As much as forty dollars per acre is often realized from hemp seed. The seed must not b
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. hemp grown in America for seed purposes. About two quarts per acre are sown. This is often planted in hills, seven feet apart, in rows six to eight feet apart. About four stalks are permitted to grow to the hill. This hemp is carefully cultivated and kept free from all weeds and The seed is used in the making of oils for paints, for bird and poultry food, and various other purposes. The yield of .seed is fifteen to thirty to the acre. As much as forty dollars per acre is often realized from hemp seed. The seed must not be stored in bulk or it will heat. Fertilizers.— The Kentucky Station has experi- mented for a number of years on the use of com- mercial fertilizers on hemp, and the results show that, by the use of 160 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, three to four hundred pounds more fiber. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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