10 6 ON HEMP. 



At Swineshead, they pull it up at Old Lammas, leaving the 

 strongest for seed. They used formerly to take the male from the 

 female ; but this is left off. It is bound in sheaves, and left in 

 shocks of five for a week. If the crop is kept till spring, it is tied 

 in larger bundles, and stacked and thatched. It is reckoned, how- 

 ever, preferable, to set it at once ; for which purpose they tie it up 

 in gleans single. 



At Haxey, the finable, or male Hemp, is pulled about the 

 20th of August; the female is left till Michaelmas. The fimble is 

 bound into sheaves or beats. As for the Hemp left in the field, it is 

 pulled about Michaelmas, and bound in sheaves or shocks on the 

 land, where it is suffered to remain for ten days. 



When pulled, bind it in sheaves, leaving them in shocks of 

 five for a week : then clean the plants from dirt, and turn the 

 sheaves, and set them together again. If they keep the crop till 

 the spring, they bind it in larger bundles, and stack and thatch ; 

 but it is considered preferable to set it at once, for which purpose 

 they set it in gleans single. Lincolnshire Report. 



When ripe, it must be pulled up by the roots, and not cut as 

 corn. But if you intend to save any for seed, you must reserve 

 the principal stalks, and let them stand till the latter end of August, 

 or sometimes till the middle of September ; and then, when you 

 observe the se£d turn brown and hard, gather it; for if suffered 

 to stand longer, it will shed very much. England's Improvement. 



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