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and as the thinner seeding gives more branchy stems and 

 yields more seed, the above quantity should not be exceeded, 

 except when the fiber is the object, when double this quan- 

 tity is used. 



HEMP is grown largely in Kentucky and Missouri upon 

 the rich lands, which under a favorable climate yield profit- 

 able crops. Its culture is similar to that of flax; excepting 

 that as the seeds are borne upon pistillate or female plants, 

 which are fertilized by other plants which bear the stami- 

 nate flowers, and produce the pollen, it is necessary to thin 

 out these fruitless plants during the cultivation of the crop 

 so as to give more room to the seeding plants; also to trans- 

 plant as many as may be required if they are deficient iu 

 certain parts of the field. 



