1S 4 ON HEMP. 



Hemp, should be thrown out of them upon the grass, as soon as the 

 Hemp has been removed. 



The surest way to distinguish whether the Hemp has been 

 steeped enough is, as the Tours Memoirs remark, to take some of 

 the stems out of the water, and to try whether the extremity of the 

 root snaps off short, and whether the bark separates clear from the 

 reed its whole length ; for in these cases it is certain, that the Hemp 

 has been sufficiently watered, and it should then be immediately 

 taken out. If the bark does not separate equally from the reed, 

 but stops chiefly at the small knots which appear on the stem, this 

 shews that it has not been steeped enough. The usual duration of 

 the steeping of the male Hemp is from three to six days, according 

 to the weather ; and of the female Hemp, from five to eight or ten 

 days ; but as only a small degree of too much or too little steeping 

 is equally hurtful, the utmost attention should be exerted to hit the 

 precise time of its being duly watered. 



Some injudiciously neglect to wash their Hemp when it is taken 

 out of the water ; because, say they, the filth brought out of the 

 water with it will afterwards fall off ; but in the drying of the Hemp 

 this filth gives it a bad colour, and the dust which arises therefrom 

 is extremely prejudicial to the health of the workmen. 



Mills's Husbandry. 



When the bundles are made up lay them in the water. A run- 

 ning and clear water is much the best ; and if shaded and overhung 



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