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the feed mud be Town, and the poorer the land 

 the lefs of feed. The time of fowing is fro.n 

 the latter end of March to the end of April, 

 according as the fpring is forward or backward : 

 but, certainly, the earlier it is fown the better. 

 Birds of moft kinds are very fond of this feed, 

 and too much caution cannot be ufed againfl: 

 their depredations. 



The firft feafon for gathering it is about the 

 beginning of Auguil, when the fimble or light 

 hemp which bears no feed will be ripe. When 

 it becomes ripe, the ftalks grow white, and the 

 leaves turn yellow at top, and fall down- 

 wards : it muft then be pulled up, di*ied, bound 

 in bundles as big as may be grafped in both 

 hands, and laid by for ufe. This may be called 

 the firft crop. Care mufl: be taken not to injure 

 what is left ftanding, becaufe that is to grow 

 till near Michaelmas before it will be fit to ga- 

 ther. This laft is what is called harle-hemp. 

 When it is gathered, let it lie abroad for three 

 or four days, that the fun and wind may dry 

 it; and you may then either ftack or houfe it 

 till you are ready to thrafh the feed out. 



A.^ood 



