ON HEMP. 



You must neither sow too thin nor too thick (general rules 

 cannot be given on this head ; much depends on the ground and on 

 the seed : it is certain, however, that it is sown thicker than corn). 

 Both excesses have inconveniences that inseparably attend them : 

 yet the danger of sowing too thick is the greater ; for, besides the 

 loss of the seed that might have been saved, the ground, being 

 drained of a great part of its juices while the seed is springing up 

 and getting out of the earth, will not have enough left to bring it 

 to perfection. By this means, a great many stalks, especially those 

 that are latest in springing up, are quite choked ; or if this should 

 not be the case, yet still they languish for want of nourishment, and 

 the Hemp produced has neither the strength nor the length it would 

 have acquired, had it been sown thinner. 



Marcandier. 



The husbandman should be particularly attentive to the 

 weather when he sows Hemp; for the season then should neither 

 be too dry nor too rainy. If either of these is the case, he had 

 better defer his sowing: though he should, if possible, always 

 choose a time just after a gentle fall of rain. When the soil is 

 deep and in fine order, it is best to sow this seed thick, especially 

 if the Hemp be intended for fine uses ; because the plants run 

 most into height when they stand closest together, and their fibres 

 are then by much the finer. 



Mills's Husbandry. 



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