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dunghill ; from hemp the farmer gets nothing of 

 this sort. 



Hence the husbandman that looks only to the 

 profit on the estimate, however fairly it may be 

 drawn up, will not have the subject before him in 

 all its bearings ; he must reflect well before he be- 

 gins. If, upon the whole, he thinks the under- 

 taking advisable, he will, in the next place, attend 

 to the circumstances of the culture. 



Soil. This should be the richest on the farm ; 

 deep, moist, friable, putrid : if none of that de- 

 scription, any deep, good sandy loam, worth 30s. 

 or 40s. an acre, should be applied. Mellow, rich 

 clayey loams do well ; and nothing better than old 

 meadow-land, no matter what the soil, turned down 

 by the skim-coultered plough. ' 



Tillage. There are many crops for which tillage 

 should be cautiously given, as the weeds that may 

 set a-growing will choak and get the better of va- 

 rious plants ; but this is not the case with hemp, 

 which is so predominant in its growth, that it kills 

 all weeds. The land should, from the preceding 

 autumn to the time of sowing, have three or four 

 plonghings ; or two, and sufficient scufflings, and 

 be harrowfcd to a fine surface. 



Manuring.-*- Dung should be amply applied, in 

 proportion to the deficiency of the soil in fertility ; 

 but it is rarely ventured on any without a good 

 dressing. And when the culture is continued on 

 the same land (the most usual system for it), yet 



they 



