| Page | Page | | The production and handling of hemp hurds. | The manufacture of paper from hemp hurds. | | by Lyster H. Dewey: | by Jason L. Merrill: | | What hemp hurds are | 1 | Introduction | 7 | | Pith, wood, and fiber | 2 | Factors justifying an investigation of hemp hurds | 8 | | Character of hurds affected by retting | 2 | Character of the material | 11 | | Proportion of hurds to fiber and yield per acre | 3 | Character of the tests | 12 | | Hurds available from machine-broken hemp | 3 | Operations involved in a test | 13 | | Present uses of hemp hurds | 4 | Description of tests | 16 | | Present supplies of hurds available | 5 | Comparison of the tests and commercial practice | 21 | | Baling for shipment | 5 | Physical tests of the papers produced | 24 | | Cost of baling | 5 | Conclusions | 25 | | Summary | 6 | | | In preparing the report on the manufacture of paper from hemp hurds it became evident that a short discussion of the agricultural aspects of this material should be included in the publication. Such an article was prepared, therefore, and the two reports are here presented together.
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