Cultivation of Arable Land*-~Hemp &i pences r/. 2J!l 



Though the profit on hemp may appear confiderable in thefe cftimates, its 

 cultivation has not increafed in any very rapid manner ; which is probably owing 

 to its requiring a larger proportion of manure than can commonly be fpared from 

 the other forts of crops, as well as its demanding a great and conftant attention 

 through the whole of its management, which frequently interferes with the other 

 operations of the farmer. In diftricts where its culture is the moft extended, it 

 would feem, however, to be of great utility and advantage to the poor, by afford 

 ing them much employment in the different procefles and manipulations through 

 which it is neceffary for it to pafs before it becomes in a ftate fit for the manu 

 facturer. 



When hemp crops ftand for the purpofe of procuring the feed, they fhould 

 remain upon the ground till perfectly ripe; when, after being pulled, the produce 

 ftiould be placed thinly upon its root end againft a wall, paling, or other 

 convenient fituation, according to the ftate of the weather, until it becomes quite 

 dry : the top parts containing the feed are then cut off, the feed being threfhed out 

 immediately and cleaned ; as when it is fuffered to remain any length of time in 

 its moift unclcaned ftate, its colour is liable to be much injured, and the fubftance 

 fo much impaired as not only to be improper for the purpofe of fovving, but on 



But at Beccles, where a very different mode of calculation takes place, and rent is valued, they 

 were thefe : 



EXPENCES. . S. d. 



Rent, tythe, and rate* - - 4 



Manure - 3 O 



Tillage - 140 



Seed, twelve pecks ~ 1 16 



Pulling - - 19 



Watering - 12 



Grafting . - - - 10 



Breaking - 1 12 



Fifty ftone, at 8&amp;lt; 20 



Expences 14- 11 



Profit - - . . .590 



