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ON HEMP. 



other,) as well as giving it air, I would sow it in drills, or small 

 ridges, about three feet broad, with two feet intervening between 

 the ridges, that a person may go up and down amongst it, without 

 trampling upon the seed-hemp. 



It grows best when sown repeatedly on the same ground, pro- 

 vided it be well dunged every three years. 



M i Donald's Essay. 



If the ground has not had a previous summer fallow, it should 

 be ploughed once in the autumn and twice in the spring : it should 

 then be harrowed extremely fine with iron-toothed harrows. 



Taylor's Instructions. 



MODE OF CULTIVATION IN BENGAL. 



Instead of sowing the Hemp ( Cannabis sativa ) very thick, as 

 it ought to be done when the plant is intended for cordage, the na- 

 tives sow it very thin, and afterwards transplant the young plants, 

 placing them at a considerable distance from each other, often nine 

 or ten feet. By this mode the plant grows to a very large size, a 

 great deal too large to admit of the stalks being properly bruised 

 for heckling. This mode of cultivation is too expensive^ if used 

 with the view of preparing cordage from the plant- 

 There 



