HEMP. [MAY. 



be true, that the earth suffers no diminution, those 

 roots and bulbs only being reduced to ashes, which 

 in breaking up by the plough alone, would rot 

 away. 



HOPS. 



Dig the new-planted hop-garden this month ; 

 earth up the plants, and see that no weeds are left 

 to infest them. At this time you should also pole 

 your old plantations, proportioning the poles to 

 the age and growth of the hops. Within a short 

 time after, the binds are tied to the poles. These 

 are nice operations, and not to be detailed in a 

 work of this sort. 



BEES. 



Watch well the apiary, tar you must now expect 

 the bees to swarm. This useful insect is not so 

 much attended to by many farmers as it ought to 

 be : not a farm-house should be without bee-hives; 

 for the trouble they give is very trifling, and by 

 farmers small profits should not be neglected : the 

 nnion of them is not trifling. 

 IIKMP. 



As this is the season for sowing hemp, and it 

 will now probably attract the attention of our 

 young farmer, it is necessary to consider here 

 the culture generally as well as particularly : 

 first, the inducement to enter into this husbandry ; 

 and secondly, if that be determined, the means of 

 doing it. 



As hemp is an article in which the farmer pro- 

 duces a raw commodity for the use of the manu- 

 facturer, 



