Produced by Tom Cosmas compiled from images made available by The Internet Archive. Transcriber Note Text emphasis is denoted as _Italics_ and =Bold=. Whole and fractional parts of numbers a s 12-3/4. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | Hemp | | | | | | | | | | FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 1935 | | | | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ CONTENTS Page _Caution_ 2 _HEMP_ 3 _What it is_ 3 _It grows well in corn belts_ 4 _How to grow it_ 5 _Soils and Fertilizers_ 5 _Seed_ 6 _When to plant_ 6 _Seeding_ 6 _Culture_ 7 _Varieties to grow_ 7 _Enemies_ 8 _Harvesting_ 8 _Time to Harvest_ 8 _Machinery_ 9 _Retting_ 10 _Underretting and Overretting_ 11 _Sunburning_ 11 _Turning Soils_ 11 _Testing the End Point of the Ret_ 12 _Picking Up the Retted Stalks_ 14 _Extra Care Insures Extra Profits_ 15 _Yeilds_ 16 _Caution_