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should be kept in a vertical posi- 

 tion, as the operation is found to 

 succeed better so than v.hen thej 

 are horizontal. 



The advantages of this method 

 are, 1st. The superior speed of the 

 process to that in common use : 

 2d, Its bein^; practicable at all sea- 

 sons : 3d. Its not beint; injurious to 

 health, or producing any bad smell : 

 4th. A saving of expense, when a 

 proper apparatus is used : 5th. A 

 superior quality ofthe licmp so pre- 

 pared, and less waste, so liiat near- 

 ly a fourth more hemp is obtained 

 from the same raw materials : 6th. 

 The extending the culture of hemp 

 to all situations, which can now be 

 carried on only in the vicinity of 

 running water. 



A very good apparatus, for the 

 process, is formed by a boiler, with 

 covers for steeping vessels. See 

 Steam Boiler. 



A process similar to the above 

 described, wouid, probably, save 

 the trouble and ex[)ense of water- 

 rotting flax. Lie made of wood 

 ashes, would, perhaps, answer the 

 purpose of water impregnated with 

 soap. 



The Farmer's Assistant states 

 that in the bog meadows in Orange 

 County, N. Y. the hemp is cut 

 close to the ground with an instru- 

 ment made for the purpose. That 

 when dried it is gathered in bun- 

 dles, bound with straw and stacked 

 in the field till about Christmas. It 

 is then spread on the snow, and 

 when the snow dissolves in iVlarch, 

 it is generally found sufficiently 

 rotted. 



For further directions relative to 

 the culture of hemp, see a " letter 



from Hon. Justin Ely," published 

 in the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Repository, vol. III. p. 105. And 

 for the mode of dressing it without 

 rotting, see Flax. 



HERD'S GRASS, or Cat's-tail, 

 Phleum Pratense, called Timothy 

 Grass in the southern States. This 

 grass is a native of New-England. 

 Mr. Eliot says it was first found at 

 Piscataqua in New-Hampshire, by 

 one Herd, who propagated it, 

 whence the name. It is cultivated 

 in our improved fields for hay. It 

 requires about ten or a dozen 

 quarts of the seed for an acre. It 

 does best in rich and moist land. — 

 More needs not to be said of a grass, 

 the great value of which is so well 

 known in this country ; especially 

 in the northern parts, where it pros- 

 pers more than in the southern. — 

 It is of more importance to our far- 

 mers than any other grass that they 

 cultivate. 



HIDE BOUND, a distemper in- 

 to wliich horses fall when they are 

 poorly fed and neglected. " A 

 horse that is hide bound grows 

 lean, has a feverish heat, his skin 

 sticks to his ribs, the spine becomes 

 harder than usual, small biles 

 break out on his back, and yet his 

 appetite sometimes continues good. 

 As this disorder seldom is an origi- 

 nal compiair)t, but generally arises 

 from S()me former cause, regard 

 must be had to that cause, in the 

 method of cure. But as to the dis- 

 order itself, Vegelius directs the 

 anointing the whole body with oil 

 and wine mixed together, rubbing 

 them strongly against the hair, in 

 a warm sun, in order that the skin 

 may be relaxed, and a sweat break 



