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HEMP- SEED, 



DIRECTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN SOWING. 



The seed must not be buried, but only just covered in the 

 ground. Where Hemp is chiefly cultivated for the seed, it is much 

 the best way to sow it thin ; and if the plant ii raised on ridges, or 

 horse-hoed, the seed will be better than what is obtained from broad- 

 cast Hemp : and with respect both to seed and Hemp, it will be 

 . best to drill it in equidistant rows, and to hand-hoe it, which will 

 improve both the land and the crop, and less manure will suffice 

 than when it is sown by hand. 



Chambers's Dictionary. 



By sowing Hemp in drills, a stronger or coarser bark or fibre 

 will be produced, than by sowing it broad-cast. When the Hemp 

 is required for cordage, this method is to be adopted. The seed 

 should be sown in drills about two feet asunder. 



Sinclair. 



The seed should be gently and lightly harrowed in, and the 

 birds kept off the land till the plants appear. 



Suffolk Report. 



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