Plan No. 313. Medical Vegetable Garden
A San Francisco man, who knew something of the medical and other properties of Cannabis Americana, commonly known as hemp, experimented with it and found that it would grow in this country as well as in India, and decided it was a good thing.
He procured enough seed to sow one acre of land, sewing it broadcast the same as oats or buckwheat. He kept the weeds down until it had obtained a good start, and, as it then grew fast as the weeds, it needed no further attention. In the fall he cut it, cured it like hay, and sent it to the market, where it brought 45 cents a pound. There were two tons of it, and that 4,000 pounds sold for $1,800, all from one acre.