The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

PRICE SEirEiNIPENCE.

TRE. COLON tES

(Concluded from' SatzirdoS Su 0.)
DIS'rRICTI Q'UE BEd' '
AGRiCULrUItAL'REB 'k'Oß JUNE lg.:12:
The weather this month has been colder arid Wettirtiiart
any at the Same season since 1816. The higheSt teriiparatuie;
excepting on the 19th, has not exceeded om tO 80, and there
have been several nights when the theirnatheter wal deism' early
to freezing.
The rains having been more frequent than of long duration
or in great quantity, did not prevent the sowing of ttie %Main;
der of the Oats and Barley in good 'season. Potatoe planting
was also generally concluded in good time, with the ground in
tolerable condition where it:is tinder a regtilat rotation of col-
ture.
underlnth cu
this neighbourhoodltititi9nf thee4ire.is.fully the usual extent of
ground
.
• The increase of moisture at least in as far as the grain crops
are concerned, has riot compeniated for_ the. diminution of the
usual degree of heat. Wheat put in the ground nearly as earl);
as usual is more backward by ten days or a fortnight than is'
common at this season. All grain crops are short ; but; they
have a heali.hy appearance, excepting on very wet grounds, or
where the young grain is choaked with weeds, which is too
commonly the case. There has as yet been few edmplaints
of injury to the grain by insects, although a small spetieS of
grasshopper is found in immense uumbers in the pastures and
meadows:
The Potatoe crops haire come up well, and in the hands of
careful farmers who have' had the precarition to harrow down
the drill before the potatoes came up, the ground they occupy
is entirely free from weeds, and the young plants are &for
ploughing the ground from the rows, and the first harrowing
between the drills:
Some farmers in this neighbourhood, being fearful of a dry
season afar the present rains, have completed the preparatory
labour for turnip sowing, in order to take advantage of the
moisture now in the ground. The proper time is between the
Ist and 10th of July, or to the 15th at latest, immediately
before or after rain, as soon as the ground will work, and
the yellow answers best for the main crop: Swedes must be
sown earlier, and the labour interferes more with other ne-
cessary work ; the others, particularly the red and the white,
although perhaps more productive, do not keep so well
The meadows and pastures never looked finer than at pre-
sent. They are however much mixed with weeds or other un-
profitable grasses, all of which being natural, to the soil and
climate, quickly overcome the more useful grasses. Sorrel and
a wild ranunculus have spread greatly within a few years, nei-
ther of which are ever tasted by cattle.—There is probably no
remedy but a proper rotation of crops, consisting of .Ist,
Drill crops with manure, 2d, Grain, 3d, Bay, 4th; Pasture,
sth, Grain. We have seen on a farm under this rotation; a
field of very poor land which was covered with Sorrel, Mar;
guerites and other noxious weeds, and which has had no ma-:
nure but with the Drill Crop of 1820, that will yield this year
at the rate of 300 bundles per. arpent of clean Timothy and
Clover Hay. No Dung was used but what -was gathered on
the farm, and no greater proportion Was laid on than is usually
given to potatoe or other Drill Crops.
Garden Stuffs in general are strong and promise abundance.
The apple trees and berry bushes promise at least an average
crop. Caterpillars, particularly on the gooseberry and currant
bushes, have been more troublesome than usual.
The prosperity of the husbandman, upon the whole, up to the
present time, is rather cheering than otherwise. The critical
period is however not yet arrive. The prudent who recollect
the disasters to which we have occasionally been exposed, will
be prepared, if they have means, against their recurrence.—
The markets are probably now nearly at their lowest. Grain
has lately risen at New York, and the prospects of the present
harvest throughout the United States are far from being good
in respect to both grain and hay.
A new encouragement has lately beep offered by the Go;
vernment of Great Britain, to an agricultural production of
the Canadas, which _might prove of great future benefit.—
We allude to the article of hemp which Government will pur-
chase for the Marine on the Lakes, at the price at which it
can be imported from England ; and for what may be sent
to England, of a quality equal to Russian hemp, it will take
for the use of the Navy.to the extent of one-4th of the annual
consumption, which is very great, at the contract price for Rus-
sian Hemp. It is to be hoped that the certainty of a sale will
lead to the formation of establishments for rolling and dressing*
this article, giving ready cash for it to the farMers without for
or. extraordinary trouble, in which case, its culture will
soon become general, and furnish the country with a certain
tide of export to pay for the supplies which it may be neceV
sary to import from Great Britain.
Quebec, 31st June, 1822.

QUEBEC, JULY 15.—HEMP—'1`o the growth of which the
Government of the Mother Country have given so strong an
encouragement, may, under proper management, prove an
article of extensive and profitable export, subject• to less of
change in demand than any other article in our trade. It
has already, in many cases, been grown in Lower Canada
the soil and climate are congenial to it, and no doubt our
farmers would engage in its cultivation on a large scale
if they had prospects of meeting with its immediate sale
at a moderate profit. To ensure the good quality of
the Hemp, without which it can never be exported, it is
evident that the farmer must only.caltivate it—its preparation
must be left to the intelligent merchant and the man of capital,
who will purchase the article in its raw state, and prepare it
for the manufacturer, under the most improved method, at the
lowest cost, and then shit. it. These persons must co-operate,
or rather the latter, who it may be well supposed is the most
public spirited, ought to hold out the strongest inducements to
the former, if he finds that the Hemp of this Country could be
brought into England, or be sold here, to pay. it is obvious
that there is some risk in this, but in all enterprise there is
risk ; in the common concerns of the Merchant there is great
risk, and as nuich as there is in this ease. The average pro-
duce of Hemp is one ton to about five acres of land; the prime
cost of imported Hemp when landed at Quebec, is from
481. to 52?. a ton. Now to the person acquainted with the
expences of preparing Hemp for export or otherwise, it is easy
to calculate what might be offended to the farmer, and then
the farmer knowing this, could decide at once if it were pos-
sible to cultivate upon the terms offered: The Success of this
undertaking, certainly the trial of it,depends upon the merchant
or the intelligent individual, and it remains for him .to
attempt to establish a branch of trade, which, if established,
may in some time hence make-hemp one of our staple articleifor
export, affording the mother country a resource in her wasra
with the Continent of Europe, and the colony herself one part
of the means for improvement in her Agriculture and Internal
Communications,as well as an increase of wealth andease among
its inhabitants.