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ceediogly tender, and liable to be injured if 

 night frosts happen in the early period of their 

 growth. May is generally the best month for 

 sowing it ; but in Canada this time must be 

 pointed out by a correct knowledge of the cli- 

 mate. After the seed is got in, a light harrow 

 should be used, and nothing more is required 

 until it is fit for pulling; this will be in from ten 

 to fourteen weeks. In hemp the male and female 

 plants are more distinctly defined than in almost 

 any other species ; the former bears a light-co- 

 loured flower, but never produces any seed ; 

 the latter, on the contrary, yields the seed, but 

 does not bear a flowxr. Land is not at all im- 

 poverished b}^ the growth of hemp, for after a 

 good crop has been pulled, it cannot possibly 

 be in better condition to be laid under wheat, 

 or indeed any thing else. The different soils 

 both of Upper and Lower Canada are likewise 

 admirably well calculated for the growth of 

 flax, an article well deserving the farmer's con- 

 sideration, from its yielding, with tolerable good 

 management, a larger as well as more certain 

 profit than the greater part of other crops. 

 Loam, loam mixed with clay, gravel, or sand, 

 or clay alone, indeed any land but such as is 

 very Avet or very shallow, is good for raising it. 

 On . warm dry soils the sowing may commence 

 in the middle of March, and continue, accord- 



