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CONTENTS. 



PACK 



PREFACE ......... i 



Introductory Remarks to the Second Edition ... 1 



Reasons for the Cultivation of Flax . . . . .15 

 Agriculture and Home-Commerce the Pillars of National Prospe- 

 rity Distress of the Poor, which can only be remedied by 

 Constant Employment Sufferings of the Operatives in the 

 Manufacturing Districts Agricultural Produce imported The 

 Factory System Condition of the Labourer Abroad and at 

 Home Poor Laws fatal to good Wages and Home-Commerce 

 Evil Effects of insufficient Employment Flax-Culture would 

 provide that Employment The Flax- Crop in Ireland Allu- 

 sions to Flax in the Holy Scriptures Known to the ancient 

 Egyptians Introduced into Britain by the Romans Not affected 

 by Difference of Soil and Climate A double Crop Affords 

 Employment to Thirty Classes of Society Our Obligations to 

 the Flax Improvement Society of Ireland. 



Meeting of the North Walsham Farmers' Club ... 26 

 Exhibition of Stock, and of Flax grown in Norfolk Speeches of 

 Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Warnes, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Norfor, Sir 

 T. F. Buxton, &c. The Dinner Mr. Rous's Explanation of 

 the Objects of the newly-formed Society. 



The Norfolk Flax Society . . . . . .40 



Its First Meeting in St. Andrew's Hall Speech of Mr. Rous, 

 the President of the Author of Sir Edward Stracey, Lord 

 Wodehouse, Hon. and Rev. R. Wilson, Mr. Partridge, Mr. 

 Wodehouse, the Bishop of Norwich, &c. 



Impediments arise, which mar the Prospects of the Society . 55 

 Causes of Difference among the Committee Mr. Rous's Letter 

 to the Author The Author's Reply His Letter to the Nor- 

 folk Chronicle Mr. Burn on Home- Colonization Improve- 

 ment in the Condition of Belgium consequent on the Growth 

 of Flax. 



The National Flax and Agricultural Improvement Association 66 

 Prospectus of the Association formed at Ipswich Basis of its 

 Operations Subscriptions The Author's Suggestions Re- 



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