158 0N HEMP. 



a nighty at the most, and no more ; and then tie it up in bundles, and 

 rear them upright upon the ground, till you can carry them to the 

 water, which is to be done as speedily as may be. 



England's Improvement. 



The karle Hemp, after pulling, is bound in bundles of a yard 

 in compass, according to statute measure, which are laid in the sun 

 for a few days to dry, when it is stacked up or housed till the seed 

 can be threshed out. In drying, however, it may be sometimes 

 necessary to use artificial means ; but where these are used, 

 the utmost care must be taken ; Hemp, when dried, being exceed- 

 ingly inflammable. As the Hemp thus dried must afterwards under- 

 go precisely the same process as when fresh gathered, it is evident, 

 that this operation ought never to be used but in cases of necessity ; 

 as it is impossible to make Hemp, which has been dried previous to 

 its being steeped or watered, so white as that which has been worked 

 green. Chambers's Dictionary. 



When the first Hemp is pulled, it should be tied with a band of 

 rushes, in pretty large sheaves, and setup on end, in shocks of four 

 sheaves, where it must remain for twenty-four hours before it is 

 watered. 



The female, or seed Hemp, is managed in the same manner ; 

 only, on account of the seed, it must be allowed to stand longer 



before 



