Qtf HEMP. 



Hemp should be sown after a fallow or green crop ; and as this 

 plant is of a vigorous growth, it must be laid down with manure 

 plentifully. It ought to be ploughed deep before winter, and fre- 

 quently in the spring, that it may be mouldered as much as possible 

 before sowing. 



Sinclair. 



In Suffolk, Hemp is in the hands of both farmers and cottagers : 

 but it is very rare to see more than five or six acres in the occupation 

 of any one man. With cottagers, the more common method is 

 to sow it every year on the same land. There is a piece at Hoxne 

 which has been under this crop for seventy successive years. They 

 manure for it with great attention ; so that it may be taken as a max- 

 im, that Hemp is not often sown without this preparation. Of dung 

 and moulds it requires twenty-five three-horse loads for an acre : of 

 dung alone, sixteen are sufficient. This is done directly after wheat 

 sowing is finished. 



The tillage consists in three earths, with harrowing sufficient 

 to make the soil perfectly fine ; and it is laid flat, with as few furrows 

 as possible. 



The Rev. Mr. Mills, of Bury, observes, that the land should be 

 well worked, and manured with thirty loads per acre, about a fort- 

 night before seed time. 



Hemp may be grown with success on the same land many years 

 by manuring annually. 



Suffolk Report. 



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