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mend drying In an oven heated vvlrh the refufe of the 

 tiax, and fo very^moderately, tlvat a perfon may eafily 

 fland in it. There the Hax fhould be allowed to lye juft 

 long enough to take off tlie acquhed damp \ and in this 

 ■way, the damn is removed more equally and fafely than 

 by any other means ; and the flax is hereby rendered 

 more fit for every after operation. 



The foregoing are tlie only remarks which we have to 

 offer, concerning the rules fuggefted in the forefaid 

 paper. We confider thofe upon which we have not 

 made any remarks to be unexceptionable, and that the 

 publication thereof may be of utility to the raifers and 

 dreffers of flax in Great Britain. At the fame time, 

 we think it our duty to fay, that, as a complete fyftem 

 of flax culture, we cannot look upon it to be altogether 

 fo fatisfa£lory as it might be made. 



All which is humbly fubmitted by, &c. 



[Signed by four Surveyors.] 



FOR THE farmer's' MAGAZINE. 



Hints to Farmers. 



I REMEMBER to havc heard a little ftory of the father 

 of the prefent Envoy of Britain in America, that con- 

 tains in it much of the crambo of our employment. 

 Mr Liflon was a refpectable farmer on the eftate of 

 Dundas in Well Lothian, and very fuccefsful, by dili- 

 gence in his operations. One day the Laird, walking 

 penfively out of a morning, met and accolled las wor- 

 thy tenant thus : " Robert, I fee every thing righc and 

 thriving about you. How comes it that you fucceed fo 

 ■well, paying a good rent, when I, who am laird on my 

 own farm, and pay no rent, find it even a lofing bufi- 

 nefs ? " " Why, Sir, " faid Lifton (after feme paufe), 

 " the difference between your honour and me is juil; 

 this : When ycu go to bed at night, you fay to youfr 

 overfeer, tell them to do this or that to-morrow ; but I 

 am firfl up. in the morning, and I fay to my lads, Come, 

 firS; and kt us ftt on to purpofe ! I keep the key of 



