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Letter XI ... 215 



Further Controversy with Mr. Gower and Mr. Rous Letter of 

 Mr. Edmonds to the Author. '" 



Letter XII 219 



Progress of the Flax Cause The Author answers the Writer of 

 the Norfolk Agricultural Report Both Fibre and Seed must be 

 saved Experiments of Mr. Postle The Author's Advice to 

 Agriculturists. 



Letter XIII 224 



Further Controversy with Mr. Gower Price of Scutching Mr. 

 Rous's Flax Crop Gold of Pleasure Progress of the Flax 

 Cause The Belgian Method adopted in Norfolk Messrs. 

 Gibbs on the Gold of Pleasure Statistics of the Flax Trade. 



Letter XIV. . 234 



The Author's Reply to the Manchester Guardian 'The Flax 

 Cause supported by the Spinners Condition of the Labourer. 



Letter XV . .242 



The Home versus the Foreign Market Importation of Oil-Cake 

 and Manure The Flax Trade in Belgium Profit of Flax 

 Apparatus required for making Compound Cost of Linseed 

 Mr. Barker on the Flax Crop Couch Grass Food for Pigs 

 and Sheep. 



Letter XVI 252 



The Author's Reply to Mr. Taunton's Letter His Animad- 

 versions on Mr. Taylor's Comparison of Flax with Gold of 

 Pleasure Concludes the Controversy with Mr. Taylor. 



Letter XVII 263 



Peas should be sown with Flax The Author's Bullocks Flax 

 sown on newly broken up Land Quantity of Linseed con- 

 sumed by each Bullock. 



Letter XVIII 267 



Employment of the Rural Population Mr. Burn on Population Af~ 

 and Emigration How to make the most of the Flax Crop 

 Agricultural Improvement Association Proposed Rules for a 

 Flax Society. 



Letter XIX 274 



Free Trade versus Protection The Flax Crop Norfolk Soil 

 favourable to Flax Management Flax cannot be woven by 

 Machinery. 



Letter XX 280 



The Author's Reply to Mr. Cobden Success of the Flax Cause. 



