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ations and foils more adapted to the raifing 

 of fine flax than others. In every place where 

 there are large quantities of old pafture grafs, 

 we may be almoft certain of raifing a weighty 

 crop of fine flax. 



The molt eligible method is to fummer- 

 fallow it, and then fow with flax ; or one 

 crop of oats may be firft taken, leaving a 

 long ftubble, which fhould be plowed down 

 immediately after the oats is cut down. Part 

 might be plowed before they are carried off 

 the field. This would, in part, ferve for 

 dung. It fhould then be fummer-fallowed 

 before fown with flax. Old grafs would not 

 require any dung, being for the moft part 

 very rich. If any dung was given, it fhould 

 be only a top drefling, with either lint-feed 

 or rape, duft, fait, foot, pigeon, fheep, or 

 goat dung, wood, or good peat aflies, har- 

 rowed in with the crop when fown. 



All dry grafs ground would be greatly im- 

 proved by flooding with water every year in 

 autumn and fpring. This would not only 

 increafe the quantity and quality of grafs, 

 but would be an excellent preparation for a 

 flax crop, which would both increafe the 



weight,- 



