92 WATBRING irtMP. 



very advantag^eoiis occupation to the inhabitants of (he plains, 

 the land of which is much more vegetative than that of the 

 marflies. 



It is an error to fuppofe that hemp cannot grow to a great 

 height in the plains j it is a fa^, that it rifes to the height 

 of two yards, in land which has been well ploughed and 

 manured, when mild rains have promoted germinanation 

 and growth. 



It is equally a facl, that there is every where a fufficlent 

 quantity of fpring or ciflern water to fleep the hemp by the 

 new procefs: if droughts fiiould fupervene, which befides are 

 only accidental, the deeping may be deferred. 



It will, therefore, be poffible to cultivate hemp in the plains, 

 and in low lands, which are always rich and fertile, though 

 frequently without fprings of water, and to augment not only 

 the mafs of our produds, but alfoour riches of tin's defcrip- 

 tion, fince one acre of good hemp yields as much profit as two 

 acres of wheat. 

 Summary of the Such arc the effe(5ls which may be expe6ted from M. Bralle*s 

 advantages ^gvv method of fteeping hemp. It is, as was obferved at the 



aiifing from this . r .i- • n -^• ■• . 



procefs. commencement or this inltruaion, more expeditious than 



thofe hitherto employed ; it perfectly completes the fteeping; 

 it may be ufed at all feafons ; it does not affed the purity of 

 the air; from an equal quantity of materials, it procures a 

 more abundant produce ; and laftly, it is well calculated to 

 extend the cultivation of the plant itfelf. The enlightened 

 lovers of agriculture, and well-informed proprietors, who 

 live upon and cultivate their own eftates, without being 

 flaves to the cuftomary practices, will adopt it, and fecure its 

 advantages, by repeating the experiments which have 

 afcerlained its merit, and alfo by making trials on a more 

 extenlive fcale than thofe which t(>ok place in the confervalory 

 of arts and manufa6tures. Their example will be followed, 

 the procefs of M. Bralle will be extended, and we fliall fee 

 portable fteeping veflels, fimilar to thofe ufed by M. Molard, 

 multiplied ; a cheap apparatus which requires very little 

 repairs, and by means of which the hemp grown thr»ugh the 

 extent of one or of feveral cornraupes may be (leeped even in 

 the field on which it grew. 



