30O MAT. 



HEMP. 



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 se- 

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

 with caution in a country where it is not in the 

 common 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 article 

 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, \voad, 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 



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