ON HEMP. 



of mankind, " these motives of ceeonomy are vastly inferior to 

 *' the inestimable advantage of saving ships, their cargoes, and 

 '* their crews, which often depends on the strength of their sails 

 " and cables." 



On the 20th of April, 1753, he sowed six beds with his drill- 

 plough, placing six rows in each bed. The beds were seven feet 

 wide, and the soil strong, but in very fine tilth. He treated his plants 

 with great care, according to the principles of the new husbandry ; but 

 both that and the ensuing year were unfavourable to the growth of 

 Hemp. However, he observes in general, that his plants were five or six 

 feet high, that their stems were large, and their bark very thick and 

 strong. They were very fruitful in seed, especially the two outer 

 rows, which had profited most by the hoeing. M. Aimen from 

 forty plants of Hemp raised in the common way, and which might 

 be deemed fine ones, had only a pound and a half of seed ; but a 

 single plant, which grew by itself, yielded him seven pounds and 

 a half of much better seed than any that is produced in the common 

 way. From hence it results, that it must be of great advantage to 

 the husbandman to set apart a spot of ground, sufficient to rear 

 thereon as many plants of Hemp, as will afford him seed enough 

 for the purpose of sowing, and to cultivate them according to the 

 principles of the best husbandry. Mills's Husbandry. . 



When ripe, draw out carefully the whole of the Female [read 



Male] 



