<g^ AGRICULTURAL MUSEUJJ. 



UPON TK2 CULTURE OF HEMP. 



Translated from the Treatise of Mons. du Hiimcl du 

 JMoiicenu. 

 Hot climates are not vvell adaptc<I to tiie raising of 

 hemp. Temperate regions suit it best, and even in cold 

 countries it r^iovvs to advantaijje, such as Canada, Hi- 

 ga.f &c. which produce it in great abun.dance. and of 

 good qt:ality. From this last pl.iee, FrancCi Engiar.d, 

 and Horand, anr.ual'y derive a groat supply. 



The soil should be soft, easy to till, rather light though 

 fertile, well ma'iured and cui'avated. Dry latids are not 

 «-ood. In such l';c iiemp does not come up well. It is 

 always short, and ihe thread generally too ligneous, 

 which renders it liat d arid elaetie ; great d( fecis these 

 even for the coarsest uses, as we sha!! s-ee in the sequel. 

 It nevertheless in raiiiy seasons succeeds better i:i <h'y 

 than in moist grouuvls ; but such seasons are rare, on 

 which acc'.iuntit iscounuonly sown by the side of a ri- 

 ■vulet, or a ditch hilcd with water, in order that the wa- 

 ter may be at hand, but not .eo as to overflow it. Such 

 lands are called in some provinces courucrs, or courtlts, 

 and are much sought after. 



Every kind of miuiure which makes the soil light is 

 suitable. On this account horse dung, the excrement of 

 she<-p and pigeons, the sweepings of the poultiy yard, 

 the manure taken from stagnant pools, uhen ripened by 

 age, are preferable to the dung of tlie ox or cow. Whe- 

 ther marie is used or not 1 am not able to say. 



Th«? right course is lo manure the hemp ticius annually 

 before the vvinte; tillage, that the manure duru)gthe win- 

 ter may have time to rot, and that it may more easily 

 mix with the soil when tilled in thvi sprmg. The pigeon 

 dimg is tne only one they spread at the spring or lust 

 tillage, and tliis thi-^ do to avail themselves of its whole 

 strength. However, wli a the seast-n is dry there is 

 danger of burnmg the seed, wUich does not happen 



t It is the Ukraine which produces the Hemp, and 

 Kiga is only the port from which it is exported. 



