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they commonly manure it every year if they can ; 

 from 16 to 50 cubical yards are given, according to 

 the soil. 



Seed, The quantity varies according to the opi- 

 nions of individuals, and the practice of different 

 districts, from 11 to 14 pecks. 



Sowing. Universally broad-cast ; nor can I see 

 any motive for drilling a plant which utterly de- 

 stroys weeds, except one, that of burying the seed 

 at an equal depth. Should any person be inclined 

 to drill, the rows should be as near to each other 

 as the shares of the drill can be set. 



COTTAGERS* HEMP. 



It is an extraordinary circumstance, that by far 

 the greatest part of the hemp that is raised in Eu- 

 rope, is by cottagers, or very little farmers : this is 

 the case in the Ukraine, as well as in Suffolk, 

 Here, as well as there, and in many other coun- 

 tries, it is sown every year on the same land by 

 cottagers, who provide dung for it by keeping a 

 cow, or some pigs. Whether it is the most bene- 

 ficial culture in England for such a person, has been 

 disputed ; but when the benefit of manufacturing 

 it themselves is taken into the consideration, and 

 the advantageous winter employment it affords to 

 the women and children, I have little doubt of its 

 being the best crop they can attend to ; or, of its 

 yielding them much more neat profit than sufficient 

 to buy any or all other products the same land 

 could yield, if not thus employed. 



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