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of hope ? And who does not feel confident of its reality when 

 perusing the following passage from the letter of the Marquis 

 of Downshire, now taking the round of the public journals ? 



" After a protracted interview, we were led to believe that, 

 in following out the interest shown by His Royal Highness 

 (Prince Albert), he would make, next spring, various experi- 

 ments, both in sowing flax and, now, in stall-feeding on the 

 seed, as recommended by Mr. Warnes." 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



JOHN WARNES. 

 Trimingham, Nov. 3rd, 1846. 



No. III. 

 THE FLAX CAUSE. BOX-FEEDING. 



We had intended, this week, to have entered into several 

 interesting details on the growth and manufacture of flax : 

 but we are only enabled to lay before our readers the fol- 

 lowing letter from the pen of Mr. Warnes, in reply to the 

 observations of " Ignoramus," which appeared in our last 

 impression : 



To the Editor of the Farmer s Journal. 



SIR, 



I HAVE read with care your replies to the questions of 

 " Ignoramus" in your paper of this week, and I beg to say that 

 they are all to the point, evincing the correctness of your ob^ 

 servations while inspecting my farm premises. But I cannot 

 so readily accord with your compliments to a gentleman who 

 attempts to draw you into an explanation of particulars, which, 

 on a former occasion, had been expressly afforded him through 

 No. 16 of my series in the farmer's Journal of November 28th, 

 1 844, and now to be found in page 253 of my book. However 

 as the editorship was in other hands at that time, you, of course, 

 were not acquainted with the circumstance. 



Allow me, therefore, for the information of the "farming 



