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Regarding the cost of production, Dr. Eyre remarks that it is 
now so long since flax was grown as a field erop in this country, 
that little importance can be attached to the recorded cost of pro- 
duction. Fifteen years ago the estimated cost of this crop in 
Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk was said to be about £5 
per acre ; in Yorkshire a trifle less, and in the south of England 
more. It is probable, however, that these figures would now be 
exceeded. It would appear that only by a series of extensive trials 
can it be ascertained whether the crop is likely to prove remunera- 
tive in Great Britain 
With respect to flax-growing in other countries, Dr. Eyre deals 
exhaustively with Europe, and a very good article entitled “ Culti- 
vation, Preparation and Production of Flax and Linseed,” appeared 
in the “ Bulletin of the Imperial Institute,” vol. ix, 1911, pp. 355-380. 
Use has been made of this article in some of the succeeding notes. 
United States of America.—The position of the flax crop both as 
regards fibre and seed production is dealt with by Mr. L. H. Bailey, 
in the “ Cyclopedia of American Agriculture,” vol. ii, pp. 293-302, 
and by Mr. C. R. Dodge in the following Reports issued by the 
clover, wheat, corn, oats, clover, flax. In m 
of seed and fibre crop is recommended on account of the hig 
price of labour. 
Canada.—F lax has long been grown in certain parts of Canada as 
a seed crop, but of late years attention has also been directed to its 
fibre. In the “Journal of the Society of Arts” for June 3rd, 
1910, p. 692, flax in Canada is referred to as follows :—* There is 
certainly a future for flax in Canada if the recent discovery of a 
process of treating the straw for textile purposes turns out satisfac- 
torily. At present flax is grown in Canada for its seed, the linseed 
of commerce, alone, and yields from 10 to 16 bushels per acre, at a 
yalue of 5s. a bushel, The cost of cultivation is about 30s. per acre, 
