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In marfh land, the foil is a clay or ftrong warp, 

 thrown up by the river Ouze, and of fuch a qua- 

 lity, that it cracks with the heat of the fun till a 

 hand may be put into the chinks or openings ; yet 

 if once it be covered with the hemp or flax be- 

 fore the heats come on, the ground will never 

 crack or open that fummer, 



When the land is fandy, they firft fow it with 

 barley, and the following fpring they manure the 

 ftubble with horfe or cow-dung, and plough it 

 under. They then fow their hemp or flax, and 

 harrow it in with a light harrow having ihort 

 teeth. A good crop deflroys all the weeds, and 

 makes it a fine fallow for flax in the fpring. A3 

 foon as the flax is pulled, they prepare the ground 

 for wheat. Lime, marie, and the mud of ponds, 

 is an excellent compoft for hemp lands. 



The quantity of hemp and flax yearly imported 

 into this kingdom, was, about the year 1763, efti- 

 mated at about eleven thoufand tons ;* and I will 

 venture to afTert, that all this quantity might be 

 grown at home, without making a fcarcity or con- 

 iiderably enhancing the price of any article of our 

 prefent produce, or occafioning any want of hands 



• To raife this quantity at home would require about 60,000 

 acres of land. 



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