Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) : a practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed and fiber, with a sketch of the history and nature of the hemp plant / by S. S.Boyce.
- Boyce, Sidney Smith.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) : a practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed and fiber, with a sketch of the history and nature of the hemp plant / by S. S.Boyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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- Found on image 53 / 136 (page 35)…ies were nearly the same and of the common European character, grow- ing quite irregularly four to seven feet in New England, and five to ten feet in Virginia and southward. Hemp was cultivated in New England as early as 1629, while in 1662 Virginia awarded bounties for hemp - culture and manufacture, and i...
- Found on image 53 / 136 (page 35)…four to seven feet in New England, and five to ten feet in Virginia and southward. Hemp was cultivated in New England as early as 1629, while in 1662 Virginia awarded bounties for hemp - culture and manufacture, and imposed penalties upon those who did not produce it. Up to 1847-50 the clothing of every bla...
- Found on image 53 / 136 (page 35)…e of a stout hempen cloth of light color, largely made upon the plantations, but more generally by the other colonists of the more north- ern states, Virginia, jMaryland, Pennsylvania and 3G New Jersey. The establisliiiient of a cotton mill at Augusta, Georgia, in 1848, commenced the weav- ing of cotton into...
- Found on image 54 / 136 (page 36)…h in the mountain hamlets. In 1792, 3,000 bolts of light hem]) canvas were made by one firm in Boston, worth $13 per bolt. In 1790, 2,729 families in Virginia produced 315,000 yards of hemp fabrics. The product of hemp and flax manufactures' in the United States in 1810 was over 21,000,000 yards. In 1765 Ed...
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![to wliat is found best at eveiy successive step of the iiidustiy. No complete determination of the nature, habit or needs of tlie hemp plant, in its twofold office of bearing seed and bearing- fiber, has been made. No coiiperation of the farmer and the manufacturei-, through the inventor and chemist, for the production of a i)erfect fiber, is recorded ; but the grower of hemp is left to grope in the dark as to what is required. The tenor of this work may seem over-sanguine or over-enthusiastic, but no success ever attended any industry without the championing of some one who believed it ])raeticable. The directions herein contained are in the interest of no individuals or ])atents, but are so plain that he who runs may read and inexpensive!} practice until he has proved the truth or falsity of all statements and claims made. The writer will welcome criticisms from what- ever source, and receive and worship any other god, if shown to be more benignant toward the farmer’s welfare. S. 8. BOYCE. Tottenville, N. Y., 1900.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28086211_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
