>, before it can be brought to a full co- 

 " lour/' 



After all that has been faid concerning the 

 raifmg of flax, it mult be owned, that it is 

 an cxhaufting crop, more efpecially if the 

 feed is allowed to ripen before pulled. Even 

 clover, if the feed is allowed to ripen, is an 

 oxhaufting crop. Therefore flax ought ne- 

 ver to be foTJvn, but upon ground that is ve- 

 ry rich, and properly prepared by a fum- 

 mer-fallow, and followed with dung to a 

 green crop, as is propofed in the plan. 



The ground plowed immediately after the 

 flax is pulled, or the lint crop fown with clo- 

 ver, any of thefe methods will prevent the 

 bad efFedls of a flax crop. 



The beft crops of clover ever I had were 

 fown with the lint crop. It muft likewife be 

 obferved, that when it is pulled green, it is 

 not near fo hurtful. Whenever the feed is 

 formed is the proper time for pulling, if you 

 want fine flax. To leave it in the ground 

 until it is too dry, is equally pernicious with 

 the contrary extreme of pulling it in the 

 bloom. 



Virgil fays, " A crop of lint, or oats, or 



