ON HEMP. 



143 



Value, at 10*. 6d .£21 



Expence 17 14 6 



Profit 3 5 6 



To which should be added the bounty granted 



by Parliament, 3 d, per stone 10 



Total Profit £3 15 6 



After another crop on a layer about Fritton, Bessingham, 

 Palgrave, &c. it is stated thus : 



Rent, tithe, and rates £2 



Seed, 13 pecks, at 2s i 6 



Manure 5 0,0 



Three earths .. o 15 



Harrowing and sowing .... 5 



Pulling, retting, spreading, lifting, turning, binding, 



and housing 3 o 



Breaking 40 stone, at Is. 6d 3 o 



£15 6 



At Is. 6d. it only pays .£15. — r- — — 



In Russia, Prussia, and Poland, it is generally understood that 

 Flax and Hemp render more profitable crops than any other sort of 

 grain. 



Supposing a piece of ground put into the usual state of cultiva- 

 tion for bearing a crop of Hemp, and that the other sorts of grain it 

 would then be fit to carry are bailey and peas ; if we value the seed 



and 



