he hurds are day. With a sweep-rake reaper under the most favor- thén loosened by a rapidly vibrating mechanism, and able conditions from five to seven acres may be cut the fiber is partly cleaned by a kind of carrier which in a day, and with a mowing machine the daily cut gives a rapid scraping… … but nearly all of the hemp now produced in of woven goods. Nearly all of the best grades of long- the United States is dew-retted; that is, spread fiber—‘dressed line’—is utilized for making twines and KENTUCKY HEMP, HALF GROWN. in long rows on the ground during the fall yacht cordage, while the…
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