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nial Hemp&quot; cultivated in China is recommended as adapted to this 

 country. 



621. Cost of cultivating 1 acre of Hemp, in Missouri, 1849. (Patent 

 Office Report, 1849, p. 328.) 



Rent of land, - .. $2.00 



}&amp;gt;a bushel of Seed, - 0.94 



Seeding, - - - 3.00 



Cutting, 3.00 



Shocking, 0.50 



Spreading, 0.50 



Taking up after rotting, - 0.50 



Breaking 800 Ibs. . 8.00 



Hauling to river, 2.00 



$20.41 



800 Ibs. @ 5 per cwt. - - -40 



Net profit, - - $19.56 

 After this profit to the farmer, it falls into the hands of the merchant 



or buyer, who, after paying expenses to the St. Louis market realizes 

 as follows : 



Cost of 1 ton on bank of river, - - $100.00 



Baling for shipment - 3.00 



Storage, 2.00 



Freight to St. Louis, - 8.00 



Insurance, - -180 



Commission for selling, - 3.00 



Weighing, - 0.40 



Drayage and storage 1 month, 1 .00 



$119.20 

 Market value, . 125.00 



Net profit to merchant. - $5.80 



622. BROOM CORN (Sorghum saccharatum,) is cultivated 

 solely for the purpose that its name indicates. It is said to be a 

 native of India ; and that its introduction into the United States 

 was owing to Franklin, who, finding a seed upon an imported 

 whisk, planted it, and thus disseminated the plant. 



623. It is grown on a large scale on rich bottom lands in 

 New York and Ohio, and to a moro limited extent in nearly all 

 the States. It prospers best on soil abounding in organic mat 

 ter, damp but not wet. Heavy clays are improper for it. The 

 ground is plowed in the fall, and again in the spring ; well-har- 



