6t Report of the Briti/h Couful in Pntjfia^ ^c. Jan, 



it be put into running water, as this makes the flax red and 

 tovvey. Ponds, however, may, in cafe of need, be filled 

 from a river or ilream ; but fo foon, or rather before, the flax 

 or hemp is in, the communication mull b-2 flopped, and no 

 frefli water admitted. It mult be remarked, that the water in 

 which flax or hemp has been fteeped, is of no more fervice 

 for that year, and fifli ponds mult be avoided, as it will kill 

 all the fifli. Flax, put into large bodies of (landing water, 

 as lakes, generally turns out the whitell. 



^. "id. Is it immaterial on what ground the ponds are ? 



A. Moraires and fprings muft be avoided ; otherwifc the 

 ground, Vv-hei'c the ponds are made, is immaterial. 



^. II. How long mud it dry in the field .'' Can it in this 

 fituation be fpoiled ? And is this danger not to be avoided .'' 



A. If the feafon be dry, three weeks will fuflice ; but if 

 there be continued rains, the whole is fpoiled, and no i^emedy. 



^. 1 2. Is it prepared dire6lly .-* Or, if not, whei-e, and 

 in what manner is it kept ? 



A. If time permits, it can be immediately prepared ; other- 

 wife, provided it lies only dry, it may wait your conveniency. 



^. 13. How is it prepared for fale ? 



A. Before it be broke, it is put into a room gradually 

 heated by ftoves,' and, when fuificiently crifp, it is taken out 

 awd broken on a wooden machine made for that purpofe, and 

 then fwingled and cleanfed proper for fale. 



^. 14. Why is the preparation through fteeping preferred ? 



A. Becaufe it produces more flax, ftronger harl, and bet- 

 ter colour ; for it is fuppofed the Hnen worked up from un- 

 fleeped flax never can be well bleached. 



^. 15. How many feet fquare are I'equired for fowing fix 

 flieiFels of lintfeed, and how are the profits of thcfe fix ihef- 

 fels calculated ? 



A. Six fliefFels of lintfeed fufiice for about five morgan- 

 land, or 67,500 fquare feet culm, the land meafure here, 

 which is computed to be nearly 60,000 fquare feet Englilh 

 meafure. The Pruffian peafant makes no calculation of his 

 profit on thefe five morgans, until the produce be fold. 



j^. 16. What is deemed mofl advantageous to be fown in 

 the land of the fame extent, and prepared in the fame manner 

 as is requifite for fowing thefe fix (hefFels of lintfeed ? 



yl. As it is already obferved, in the third article, that flax 

 is fown upon land which has been already ufed ; therefore, 

 fuch land is only proper for oats or flax, of whicli two it may 

 be prefumed that flax will yield the more profit. 



^. 1 7. Is die Pruiuan peafant allowed to cultivate as much 



flax as he plcaics .'* 



A. 



