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the frost would greatly injure, if not totally destroy, them. The 

 sooner (the season permitting) it is sown, the better ; though it has 

 sometimes been deferred to the 15 th of May. 



Rev. Mr. Mills, in Suffolk Report. 



It is sown about the middle or end of May . 



Lincoln Report. 



The whole month of April is the proper season for sowing of 

 Hemp. 



Complete English Farmer. 



In Russia, Prussia, Poland, &c. Flax and Hemp are generally 

 sown at the same time, viz. between the 15 th of May and the 10th 

 of June. 



Durno. 



The season for sowing it begins not much before April, and 

 does not last beyond the end of June. The diversity of soils in 

 the same province, and the inconstancy of seasons, in France, oc- 

 casion this difference : and so long a season for sowing is the more 

 necessary, as it gives an opportunity to sow the same field a second 

 or third time, when, by reason of various accidents, the first seed 

 is lost. But, after all, the Hemp that is first sown, generally 

 thrives best, and appears most beautiful, unless it is nipped by the 

 frost, or spoiled by the heat, when it begins to spring and grow up, 

 The day on which the plant springs, and a few that follow it, are 



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