ON HEMP. 



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At Swineshead, in Lincolnshire, where much Hemp is grown, 

 it was formerly cultivated on the same spots year after year ; but now 

 they spread it over a farm, accordingly as the soil suits or the price 

 actuates; and on some lands that are foul they sow it as a cleanser. 

 If the soil is weak, they manure for it. It is ploughed first at Can- 

 dlemas ; a second time at Lady-day ; and a third time about the 

 middle or end of May, previous to sowing. 



At Haxey it is sown after wheat. Some plough before Christ- 

 mas ; others at Candlemas. After the first ploughing, the ground 

 is manured. Some turn it in ; but this is not so good. A mid- 

 dling dressing, the shorter the better. The best dressing is pigeon's 

 dung, added to dung, a quarter, or a quarter and a half per acre. 

 It answers best after wheat that follows clover. The ground should 

 be ploughed again between Candlemas and Lady-day, three or four 

 times, and well rolled and harrowed. 



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Dung is by no means necessary to the growth of Hemp ; but 

 good tillage and a suitable soil is absolutely so. The mould should 

 be deep and easily penetrated ; for the fibres of the roots are soon 

 checked, and, if impeded, are no longer capable of performing 

 their proper offices. 



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