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The eveatobftacle to the adoption of it, is the cofl ot 

 feed fit purchaled) ; and many have been deterred trom 

 rainng u by the difficulties they have experienced in at- 

 tempting to get k cleaned irom the hufi. ; but the fi.a 

 objeaion may be obviated by puich.hn^ but a imail 

 quantity of the beft Engliih feed, for a ftock to raile more 

 hom ; and the difficulty of cleanling eea may be re mo ve^ 

 by attending to the following circumaance. which is, taat 

 Jraifingclover.to ripen feed, it is necelTary to teed oown 

 or mow the fird growth in the Ipnng (which lends . hohy 

 to [talks leaves and chaff), not letting it grow up tui near 

 midfummer ; by this means the ftalKs will be fliort and 

 thick, will have few leaves on them, ana will be covered 

 with large heads well filled wUh feed, which parts eahiy 



from the hulk. . , ^ ,, • ' 



^ member of this fociety.(Mr. Burton) who fuft men^ 

 tioned this circumftance to me, has railed as fine clover 

 leed in this way as anv. imported from England, and will 

 doubtlefs communicate to any perlon, defircus ot inlor- 

 mation, the methods he took to clean it. 



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^ NEW METHOD p/cULT I VATING arJ PREPARINQ 



HEMP. 



[Sy the Abbe BralLe.] 



Printed in England, by order of the Lords of lh« Committee of 



Council for Tiade und Foreign Plantations. 



It is fufficiently known, that land intended for^a 

 "crop of hemp muft be well manured, well ploagheo. 

 clernled. and gotten fine ; and the (eafon being avnved ; 

 which varies much according to the foil, weather, ;^/^-;;^-; 

 veniencv of the cultivator, extenains from ^/^<'75th fv- rc^ 

 to the 15th lune ; fow the hemp feed, which ought al- 

 ways to be new feed, thin, not exceeding two bufhels to a 

 acre, and if you have the advantage of a dull pl«"gh..^f 

 lef^ will do. After the land is fown, go thi'ough the whole 

 - with a fiiovel, and with it make little paths at (even feet 

 diftance from each other, the length way of your piece lo 



