if. 



to work it in this mannef, ratLer tlian to dry and (lore ii% 

 which caufes much trouble and expenfe and produces 

 leTs and worfe hemp ; but where the crop is coniiderable, 

 and the hands few, it is unavoidable. If, however^ much 

 rain comes, it is imprafticable to dry it for ftoring with- 

 out fpoiling, as every year's experience (hews in the pref- 

 ent received method ; whereas the working the hemp 

 green entirely avoids thisdifadvantage and inconvenienc}', 

 and the hands engaged may continue their employment 

 under the fhelter of trees, or of a temporary filed made of a 

 fewrough poles and hurdles, covered with ftraw, reeds, &c. 

 All the fame procedure is to be ufed with the male, as 

 with the female hemp, as to drawing, fcouring. Sec, but as 

 the reeds of it are lels brittle, and the rind coarfer, it re- 

 quires more foaking, but is eafier to draw, and produces 

 much more and ftronger hemp. Whrit is flored muft, 

 when wanted to be wrought, be foaked, peeled, wafhed^ 

 and in general treated as before faid. In cold weather 

 it takes long foaking. 



Detached Obfervations on Hemp, 



IT is capable of being cultivated on all kinds of land > 

 the poorer land producing the hemp finer in quality^ 

 though fmallerin quantity, and the rankeft land producing 

 ftrong and long, though coarfe ; and this fort being the 

 eafieOb to draw and work in the new mode, the quantity of 

 manure requihte in the firft inftance is not above half of 

 that for wheat, and the fubfequent years, not above half that 

 half, and the hemp flill improving in quality. AU the work 

 in the new method, not excepting the dreffing, is fitter for 

 women than men, and may be praftifed advantageoufly by 

 every cottager. 



No bleaching is wanted for the linen made of hemp 

 prepared in the new method j and it is certain, that if the 

 hemp be fine, well managed, and drelTed with the fineft 

 flax hackle, it may fuperfede almoft all the ufes of fla:r, 

 which flax is a more uncertain and lefs abundant crop, re- 

 quires more culture and better land, which it exhaufts j 

 whereas hemp grounds increafe in goodnefs. If the male 



hemp 



