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HEMP - SEED, 



HOW TO ASCERTAIN ITS BEING OF A GOOD QUALITY, 



When good, it will not break on being rubbed. It should 

 be always of the growth of the preceding year, and every second 

 or third year taken from a different soil. 



Chambers's Dictionary. 



In the choice of the seed, the heaviest and brightest-coloured 

 should be preferred, and particular care should be had as to the 

 kernel of the seed. For the greater certainty in this matter, some of 

 the seeds should be cracked, to see whether they have the germ or 

 future plant perfect ; for in some places the male plants are 

 drawn too soon, i. e. before they have impregnated the female plants 

 with the farina : in which case, though the seeds produced by these 

 females may seem fair to the eye, yet they will not grow, accord- 

 ing to the doctrine of Linnaeus. 



Encyclopedia Britannka. 

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