332 HEMP AND FLAX, 



of 3d. a Stone did not mucli good ; but the discontinuance 

 of it did mischief. Mr. Eaton thinks, that if a bounty 

 of 6d. were given, it would have a good effe£l when wheat 

 is cheap. 



Mr. Richardson, of Fritton. — IMost liemp in Lop- 

 hams, Garboldsham, Kenninghall, Banham, Buckenham, 

 Diss, Bressingham, Palgrave. 



The soil a rich mellow loam, on a clay bottom ; worth 

 25s. an acre ; friable, mixed, and easy working. — 

 Manure, 20 good loads, a compost ; three or four earths 

 given ; the best time, the beginning of May ; 13 pecks of 

 seed. No sele(5tion. They pull in 12 or 13 weeks fiom 

 sowing ; here they water-ret, in other places, dew-ret, 

 the former best for fineness, but equal in strength : in the 

 water, from three to five or six days ; dew-retting, from 

 three to six weeks. Dew-retted is seldom finer than 2s. 

 a yard ; water-retted, to 5s. Showers, whether for water 

 or dew-retted, are necessary. As a crop, hemp is pro- 

 fitable, but yields no manure; Mr. Richardson has 

 100 acres of land that would do for it. On a layer it is 

 good, but another crop first, and then without manure ; 

 nn average crop, 40 stone : now at 12s. a stone water- 

 retted ; dew-retted, 9s. The common price of seven 

 years, 6s. dew, and water-retted 8s. This price will 

 rot increase the culture, because wheat is so high ; nor 

 is profitable, for want of manure : if he did not want it 

 for his fabric, he would not sow any. 



£. s. d. 

 Rent, tithe, and rates - - 200 



Seed, 12^ pecks, at 2S. - - i 6 O 



Manure - - - 500 



Three earths - - - 0150 



Harrow and sow - - -050 



Pulling, 



