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heavy, may be improved into the best hemp 
lands, much to the profit of the culiivator : The 
produce will leave in his hands a very high com- 
“ pensation for his labor and expense, and a teri- 
fold increase in the value of his land. But it 
must be observed, that the best methods of in- 
creasing manure, by stabling and littering cattle, 
must be attended to*’^ 
Produce. —Hemp in length from 6 to 8 feet, 
with many and small stalks, is considered the best 
growth, and will, in some extraordinary cases, 
yield 1000 Ib. per acre ; 500 lb. is a bad crop ; 700 
or 800 lb. are good crops. 
Cultivation. —-After having received the pre¬ 
paration the year before, as above, and all the in¬ 
tended manure, if any is bestowed, the ground must 
receive a very late ploughing in the fall, another 
ploughing very early in the spring—soon after well 
harrowed—ploughed again in the first and second 
weeks of May, and then sown—From a bushel to 
a bushel and a half of seed per acre—The best soil 
the most seed. If too much seed is sown on the 
ground, there is no other disadvantage than the 
loss of a part of it; for though too large a growth 
‘‘ may start, a part of it will immediately fall back, 
and after a few good growing days cannot be dis- 
cerned.” One-third of an acre of the best hemp 
is a great day’s labor in pulling. The earth should 
be well shaken from the roots. Each hand pulls a 
