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HEMP, 



AVERAGE PRODUCE. 



The average crops, when ready for the heckle, are from thirty- 

 eight to forty-one stone of fourteen pounds each. 



Donaldson. 



In Norfolk, an average crop is about forty stone, value twelve 

 shillings water retted, and nine shillings dew retted : on an average 

 of seven years, eight shillings water retted, and six shillings dew 

 retted. In Scotland, the produce is about forty stone, from ten to 

 twelve shillings per stone. Dickson's Complete Farmer. 



An acre of Hemp on the best land yields from two to three 

 quarters of seed ; and this seed, with the Hemp unwrought, is 

 worth from £6 to j£s sterling, and if the Hemp be wrought, from 

 «£l0 to «£l2, or more : but the male, or fimble Hemp, is not worth 



more than half as much as the karle, or female. 



Chambers's Dictionary. 



An acre, on a rich soiI> produces, on an average, thirty-six 

 to thirty-eight stone, and nearly three quarters of seed. 



Encyclopedia Britannica. 



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