ON HEMP. 



135 



Profit, brought forward .... <£l5 14 11 

 To which should have been added the bounty granted by 



Parliament of three-pence per stone, (a) R. W. . . 8 10 



Total £\6 3 9 



Suppose the expenses under-rated £l per acre, and the gain 

 over-rated 15s.; there still remains £ 10 clear gain; to which 

 is to be added, that the further improvement of the material in 

 dressing and spinning employs the poor, and particularly wo- 

 men and children, who are a heavy burthen to the farmer in all 

 countries. 



In Suffolk the Account of an Acre may be thus estimated : 



Expences. 



Rent, tythe, and rate £l 10 



Manure, 25 loads, at Is. 6d. . , 117 6 



Three earths, at 4s. harrowing included 012 



Seed '. . 16 6 



Sowing . . 6" 



Carried forward .... £* 16 6 



( a) With regard to the bounty granted by Parliament, of three-pence per 

 stone, I have been informed by several persons, that it has seldom or ever been 

 claimed ; owing to its not being equal to the expence and trouble required in ob- 

 taining it. ■ » 



