^^5 HEMP AND FLAX. 



, would have the desired efFcct ; and the only limitation that 

 •would be admissible, would be to limit it to a certain sum, 

 for instance, 6oo,OOol. ; and if the claimants exceeded it, 

 then to be divided among them proportionably. 



If the other method of contrafting wei e adopted, the 

 price must, in negotiation, be raised, till it satisfied them 

 ofj^ profits of the undertaking: los. or los. 6d. a stone 

 might prove sufficient : and for five years al-o. 



I am inclined to think that by either of these measures 

 the requisite quantity of land might be brought into this 

 cultivation; and it would have another beneficial efFedt, of 

 adding to the culture of wheat — hemp prepares well for 

 that grain, which is commonly sown after it. 



The parts of the kingdom most fitted for the culture of 

 hemp are, the rich lands of Lincolnshire ; the skirts of 

 the fens of Cambridgeshire, great part of the fens them- 

 selves ; all the upland-lands enclosed in the fens ; the 

 coast lands of Essex and Sussex ; the coa^t, and various 

 other tradls in Dorset, Somerset, ai:)d Devon ; and much 

 of the convertible soil laid to grass in all the central coun- 

 ties. In Ireland, large districts in Limerick, Tipperary, 

 Roscommon, Meath, dec. 



Ireland producing much flax. Is not a proof that it would 

 do for hemp ; as much flax is sown in the north of that 

 kingdom on soils not adapted to hemp. 



The private advantages which would result in Ireland 

 from applying public money to tlic encouragement of the 

 growth of hemp, would tlepend on its being a measure not 

 of the moment. To induce them to break up their grass- 

 land for this objefl, and then by withdrawing the bounty 

 leave them to common husbandry, would be injurious, 

 supposing them unwary enough so to be led astray. 



In regard to pointing out individuals able to contraft 

 for the delivery of hemp, to the amount of 50 or 100,000 



acres ; 



