ON HEMP, 



Malda. — In February the Sunn is in flower. Some gather it 

 -in this season, when the fibres are softer, and the quality finer than 

 when it is in seed, which happens in March and April. The way 

 of gathering the seeded Hemp (Sunn) is to cut off the head of the 

 plant about a foot or a foot and a half from the top, for the purpose 

 of obtaining the seed, and to pull up the remainder of the plant 

 which yields the Hemp (Sunn) by the roots. Such is the practice 

 round the Factory, but in the adjacent country the practice is diffe- 

 rent. The Hemp being ready, which happens in September, is 

 not pulled up by the roots, but cut down ; because, from growing 

 in the rainy season, the stalks are much larger and stronger: Some 

 cut it in flower, some in seed. The Hemp being cut, is left three or, 

 four days in the field, during which time the greater part of the 

 leaves drop off. The last-mentioned Hemp (Sunn) which is sown 

 in June and gathered in September, is both finer and stronger than 

 the other. 



Rung pore. — In about four months from the time of sowing 

 the plants will have arrived at maturity ; at which time their height 

 will be about five hauts. The plants which are reserved for seed are 

 generally allowed to remain a few days longer on the ground than 

 the rest, till the seed begins to loosen in the husk. 



Bengal Board of Trade Cons. MthAug. 1792. 



DACCA 



