MAY.] HEMP. 2Q3 



faelurer, he is liable to suffer if he does not move 

 with caution in a country where it is not in the com- 

 mon husbandry of the vicinity : where his bre- 

 thren produce this or any other commodity, the 

 silent progress of competition, and the customs of 

 trade, which gradually establish themselves, usually 

 render it fair between the parties : and an article 

 in which the profit went too largely to one party, 

 in prejudice of another, would soon be given up. 

 This situation is quite different from a young far- 

 mer attempting to introduce this or any other ar- 

 ticle in a district where they are not common ; he 

 is, in such, extremely liable to suffer in the sale 

 of his product. Before, therefore, he ventures 

 on any such articles as hemp, flax, woad, madder, 

 &c. let him most carefully ascertain his market, 

 and the variations the commodity is usually liable 

 to; and, if he cannot contract for the sale, he 

 [should be cautious of engaging in the cultivation. 

 It may be twenty to one whether he has any thing 

 like an open market to carry his product to ; and 

 (if he has not, he may find a crop on his hands, 

 easily sold, but not perhaps at a fair price. The 

 >rofit of cultivating hemp, in hemp di$(rifils t is not 

 inconsiderable, amounting usually from 5l. to 7l- 

 in acre, winch, under certain circumstances, is an 

 >bjecl worth attention ; but here again he is to 

 iake into his account some other circumstances 

 'hich demand attention. 



It requires the very best land to be found on a 

 ^ or which is made such by manuring : a rich, 

 u 3 deep, 



