THE HEMP TRADE.
A. return has been issued by the Agricultural Department (fields and experimental farms division) showing the quantities of hemp, tow, and stripper slips graded at the ports of the Dominion during the month of June. The total number of bales of hemp graded was 5904, as compared with 14,584 for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of 8680 bales. For the 12 months ending June 30, the number of bales graded was 134,876, as compared with 145,661 for the previous 12 months, fche decrease being 10,785 bales. During the month 1975 bales of tow were dealt with, as compared with 5114 for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of 3169 bales. For the 12 months ending June 30, the number of bales graded was 13,719, as compared with 50,553 for the previous 12 months, a decrease of 6834 bales. During the month the number of bales of stripper slips graded was 23, as compared with 576 for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of 553 bales. For the 12 mouths ending June 30 the numbor of bales dealt with was 3614.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 4
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190THE HEMP TRADE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 4
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