INDEX. 



29 r 



Hemp requires rich, deep, moist soils., 30, 31, 



33, 35, 36. 

 ..... yet will grow on deep, mellow, sandy 



soils, 42. 



...... but it must be sheltered from the blasts 



of high wind, ib. 



soil for, must be previously well pre- 

 pared by repeated ploughings, 43. 



must be watched after seed sown, to 



prevent depredations of birds, 44, 45. 



in dry seasons should be watered if prac- 

 ticable, 45, 46. 



methods of preparing the land for, in 



Suffolk, 48. 



and in Lincolnshire, Ag. 



..... rotation of crops previous to sowing 

 Hemp in the North of Europe, 50. 



. . culture of, at Bombay, 63, 64. 



on the choice of seed, 65. 



criterions to ascertain its quality, 65, 



66, 67. 



disagreement of, with soil and climate, 



how indicated, 66. 



...... quantity of seed to be sown per acre, 70. 



sown in Bengal, 72, 73 



in the Dacca Dis- 

 trict, 73, 74. 



..... proper season for sowing, 76, 80. 



directions to be observed in sowing, 



86, 90. 



advantage of being thickly sown, go, Ql. 



culture of, subsequently to sowing, 93, 



97. 



..... possesses the valuable property of de- 

 stroying weeds, 93, 95. 



drill husbandry best suited to, Q5, 96. 



. . . . . should be watered, if practicable in 

 dry seasons, Q5, 96. 



. . . . . in what cases to be weeded, 96, 97. 



modes of ascertaining its maturity, 99, 



102. 



Hemp, manner of gathering, when ripe, 103, 

 112. 



expense of pulling, 105. 



should be pulled up by the roots, 106. 



mode of obtaining the seed, 118, 124. 



average produce of, in different places, 



126, et seq. 



profit on the cultivation of, 133, et seq. 



preparation requisite to render Hemp 



fit for sale, 157. 



drying previously to steeping, 157, 158. 



process of watering, or retting, describ- 

 ed, 172, et seq. 



dew-retting of, how conducted, 173, 



175. 



rotting of, in snow, Russian procesi 



described, 1 94. 



drying of, after steeping, 214, et seq. 



method of breaking, or separating its. 



fibres from the stems, 226, etseq.. 



process of peeling, described, 236, 23S. 



scutching of, how performed, 259. 



et seq. 



..... heckling, or beetling, process of, de- 

 scribed, 270. 



..... vegetables cultivated in India, as substU 

 tutesfor, 21, 22. 



additional hints on the culture of, by 



Lord Somerville, 279, 281. 



seed : (See Seed) 



oil, expressed from : (See Oil) 



Hibiscus Cannabinus, 21, 24. 



....... manchot, 26, (note) 



mutabilis, ib. 



....... tiliaceus, ib. 



Horse-hoeing husbandry capable of being ad- 

 vantageously accommodated to the culture of 

 Hemp, 95, 96. 



Huntingdonshire, remarkable crop of Hemp 

 from a peat-bog, in, 41k 



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