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anticipate will revive the drooping spirits of the Norfolk Flax 

 Society ; also some of my own, which I think will prove to the 

 Association that Mr. Gower's attempt to convict me of an in- 

 tentional mis-statement is unfounded and unwarrantable. 



I am, Sir, yours obediently, 



JOHN WARNES, jun. 

 Trimingham, February 2(M, 1844. 



No. XII. 



SIR, 



THE realization of those benefits which I ventured to 

 predict at the commencement of this series, is every day being 

 acknowledged. And I confidently anticipate that, at no very 

 distant date, my advocacy of the above topics will attain a 

 glorious consummation. 



Peculiar circumstances and prejudices will always arise in 

 every community to mar the progress of good ; and though 

 a man should argue with the " tongue of angels," he would 

 fail to allay them. All my attempts to advance the interests 

 of agriculture through the cultivation of flax, &c., have been 

 attended by the above inconveniences, and obstructed by bar- 

 riers, which the force of truth alone enabled me to surmount. 



It is to the reflective, generous, and patriotic mind that my 

 writings are especially addressed ; and I rejoice to find that 

 in almost every part of the kingdom they excite deep interest, 

 and obtain fresh converts to the cause. Associations to pro- 

 mote the growth of flax have been established ; and others are 

 in progress of being formed. Writers of no mean authority 

 are enlisting in the service, whose public and private letters 

 are daily being forwarded to me. 



As a lively illustration of the above remarks, Mr. Brown, of 

 Trimingham, has already forwarded 167 bushels of sowing seed 

 of native growth to Oxfordshire, Sussex, Essex, and other coun- 

 ties. Vast quantities have been disposed of from other sources : 

 and I learn, from several parties, that the result of their expe- 



