338 PRODUCE AND PROFIT OF HEMP CULTURE. 
of Flax, has succeeded admirably in separating Hemp fibre by 
passing dried stems from Italy under the rollers of his ma- 
chine (v. p. 224), and the Author has no doubt that the 
method may be successfully practised with several fibres for 
many purposes. 
Crop and Profit—Mr. Rowlandson says the best land for 
obtaining fibre of the strongest description is a fat loam, not 
too heavy with clay, and a portion of sand intermixed. On such 
land, succeeding a crop of beans, Hemp will grow six or seven 
feet high, and bean-stalks in such make good manure for 
Hemp. He adds: “I have known 9 quarters of beans per acre 
after Hemp, weighing 21 stone per sack. Hemp after beans 
will produce 30 stone more per acre, of the strongest and 
heaviest fibre, than by any other mode of culture; the weight of 
fibre in ordinary culture and circumstances will produce 60 to 
70 stone per acre.” A good crop of Hemp after beans will 
produce 28 to 30 bushels of seed per acre ; in the ordinary way, 
20 to 22 bushels per acre. But only particular circumstances 
or prices render Hemp a desirable culture in England; for, 
in general, it cannot be considered a productive crop—though 
it may bring 5s. per stone, and good seed 5s. per bushel,—as 
it requires much manure, and “ Hemp land will grow other 
crops of equal or superior value at a less cost.’ But other 
countries, such as parts of India and the Himalayas, which 
prefer any exportable product like Flax or Hemp, will be glad 
to cultivate both, if they get any reasonable encouragement. 
The co-operation of a purely manufacturing establishment 
might facilitate and give advantages to the production of Hemp, 
as to that of Flax. 
IMPORTS, ETC., OF HEMP FROM INDIA. 
It is not impossible therefore that as India now supplies 
England with the cheapest of fibrous materials, J ute, that the 
country will also be able to supply the strongest and best, that 
is, Himalayan Hemp. The greater distance which this has to 
travel, but chiefly by the Ganges River, may be easily paid for 
by its greater value. We also believe that as Mr. Deneef 
succeeded in growing some good Hemp even in the plains 
of Bengal in the rainy season, so others will be able to do so 
