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LEWIS SANDERS OF kENTrcKy-Aiosto of onr readers arc familiar with the name of this eminent agrlcuIturist. The Secretary of the Navy, in appointing him United States agent Tor experimenting experiments in the manu- Iacture ol American hemp, has paid just compliment to our western farmers. He was the first man who ever attempted, on large scale, the manufacture of hemp, wool. and cotton III Kentucky He brought over from Scotland anotcd machlnist, Geoege J. Baxter. expended over e20,000 in the first effort to spin hemp by machinery. He was finally broken up by the course pursued towards him by the United States Bank, on account el his political opinions He then became a hemp grower at his celebrated farm, Grass Hills, and acquired arepuiaion second 10 no farmer in the Union. In 1916, Henry Clay, Lewis Sanders and Dr. Te Garden, tnow of Mississippi City one of the most public spir- ited men m the west, imported the first Dur ham and other breeds of cattle ever brought To Kentucky, and thus laid the foundation for tue beautiful stock which now contributes SO much to the wealth of that State. In fact, by his successful experiments in every branch of agriculture, he has done much to develope the capabilities of the country. and may be dcservedly styled public benelactor

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