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ON HEMP. 



If, by any accident, the Hemp grows very thin, so as to be 

 thereby in danger of branching out too much, and becoming 

 woody and incapable of furnishing good fibres, it will be adviseable 

 to keep it perfectly clear of weeds, in order to let it remain for 

 seed, which will be so much the better for the plants having stood 

 thin ; and thus, at least, some advantage will, in such cases, be 

 derived from the Hemp-grounds. 



Du Hamel. 



Some people give the land only one ploughing for Hemp, 

 which is just before they sow it : but others prepare it as finely as the 

 gardeners do their mould. For this purpose it should be ploughed 

 once in the preceding autumn, and two or three times in the spring; 

 and after the first spring-ploughing in February it should be well 

 manured. 



Chambers's Dictionary. 



The ground on which Hemp is designed to be sown should 

 be well ploughed, and made very fine by harrowing. 



Encyclopedia Britannica. 



After you have made choice of your ground, break up about 

 the beginning of May, in a fair season, with a strong plough, 



such 



