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HEMP-SEED, 



THE QUANTITY REQUIRED TO BE SOWN, 



Three bushels of seed are the general allowance per acre 5 

 but the richer the land is, the thicker it should be sown, and vice 

 versa. 



Chambers's Dictionary. 



About three bushels is the usual allowance for an acre. 



Encyclopadia Britannica. 



A bushel and a half will answer for an acre, if sowed in drills 



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Sinclair. 



Eleven peeks per acre, at the price of from one to two shillings 

 per peck ; generally from sixteen to eighteen pence. Much is 

 brought from Downham and the Fens. 



Suffolk Report. 



From nine to twelve pecks per acre, varying with the strength 

 of the soil and the custom of the country. In those places where 

 the finest and best Hemps are grown, twelve pecks is a common 

 quantity, 



d StowmarJcet Manufacturer, in Suffolk Report. 



Three 



