THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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b the plant which produce 



jue.-tionably well suited. 







stiff clays or gravelly 1 





sen yet Bteeped ; but I 

 red by myself last year, 

 Idle of April and partly 



ild be ploughed early, 



erhaps two very deep 

 inlayson's Grubber is a 



allowed to stand long after the flow?^ ha^\!!^ ~ lt 

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the sheaves containing the female plants s ! 1( , u ,'j ^ 

 stooked for eight or 10 dayp, after which the seel n»y 

 without opening the bundles, care being taken tonudite 

 After the seed has been beaten off, the female Hemp 

 may either be steeped immediately or stacked till the 

 steeping! With Hemp as with Flax, the process of 

 steeping is of the utmost importance. It should be 

 steeped in still, pure, soft water, and the depth of the 



The root ends of the sheaves should be laid upper- 



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.. to ascet taint c exact time 



The fibre will then separate readily from the woodr 



green, only required six days in the pool. It should k 

 taken gently and carefully out of the pool, ? , that noio 



a little firm. The spreading should be performed (« 



Care must be taken that it be perfect!;, dn '■'■• 

 if I, a id it si ,u!d then be rebound in sheaves of cod- 



? Flax Society at Belfast. 



n the <!,lh Annual Report* 



th great judgment, as most deserving of youi ' p» ^ 

 e, that breed called the improved Durliam, or, ^ 



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