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strip In breadth equal to the length of the bemp^ 
which ought to be spread as thin and even as pos¬ 
sible, Some days after the hemp must be taken 
up, and bound in sheaves of 6 or 8 inches in diame¬ 
ter, and set up in shocks for more thorough dry- 
ing~then put into large stacks until the latter end 
of December, when it must be spread out thin and 
even for watering. In the spring, particular at¬ 
tention must be paid to taking it up as soon as suf¬ 
ficiently v/atered ; for longer watering will weaken 
the filament, and increase the loss in breaking. 
Winter watering of hemp, under snow, is much 
preferable to summer watering. If hemp is of a 
good quality, it requires ordinary skill and labor to 
break 100 lb. a day. Hemp-seed is procured by 
leaving, at the time of pulling, the strongest stalks 
of female hemp around the edges of the field, or 
where the hemp stands thinnest. But seed is best 
cultivated by planting seeds inside of fences, near 
barn yards, where the ground is in greatest part 
manure. The seed ripens very irregularly on the 
same stalk ; and part will remain too green when 
a part begins to fall out, or be destroyed by birds, 
and ought to be cut as soon as the greatest part be¬ 
comes ripe. The price of hemp-seed, in PennsyD 
vania, varies from 1 dol. 25 cents to 3 dollars pef 
bushel—generally about 2 dollars. 
