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one bushel to an acre, which is the common prae-: 
tice, it grows large, the hemp i's harsh and coarse, 
and then it must be cut with hooks, which oeca- 
ssions great waste, for four or five inches just above 
ground is left, by way of stubble, which containa 
the bss)t and heaviest part of the hemp. 
When the hemp has got its growth, and is fit 
to be plucked, which you will know by the under 
leaves of the' carle, or ht hemp, turning yellow an4 
falling off, the sooner it is pulled the better ; it 
must then be bound up with straw bands, in single, 
band sheaves, rather small than large, and each^ 
sheaf must, be bound; in two places ; and tire sooner 
it is carried to the water to rot the better : Water 
rotted hemp, if k he rightly managed, is every way 
better than that which is rotted- on the ground ; 
there ist less Waste in it, when it comes to be dress¬ 
ed;, it looks brighter and fairer to the eye ;- it is: 
esteemed? to be stronger and more durable, and it aU. 
ways fetches a better price; besides k is much soon^ 
cr done, and k is rotted more even'andvalike, andv 
with greattr certainty and ex^actness. Many people 
in America are acquainted with the method of rot^ 
ting hemp in waiter, but as many more are not yet 
acquainted with it, I shall, for their information, 
set down the method of doing it. Hemp may bo- 
TfOttod in stagnated or standing water, such 
ponds,, poolsv or bro^ deep ditchos, and in &uch^ 
Water k is; g-enerally four or five days and nights % 
rotting, and- sometimes longe-r, aceording to thor 
or eQiolnes,s^ of. the weather; it may also be 
