84 3TLAX. 



s. d. 



Working in 2 6 



Pulling 10 



Dressing flax, two packs an acre 3 



Bent 1 10 



726 



By seed, sixteen bushels at 7s 512 



Plax, two packs, at 6 per pack 12 



17 12 



Deduct expenses 7 2 G 



Profit .. 10 9 6 



"We may here observe, that nothing is put down for 

 weeding, an operation which ought never to be omitted. 



According to an official document, for 1846, taken from 

 the Pifth Annual Report of the Irish Flax Society, 

 "presented by order of her Majesty," the profits upon 

 one acre of flax, English measure, would be 29, as 

 follows. Crop, 1845. 



Produce of 1 acre, 1 rood, 39 perches, sold 



at 11s. 9r?. per stone 55 19 7 



Tow 8 0^ 



130 bushels of bows, estimated at ScL per 



bushel.., 468 



60 14 



Expenses of Crop. 



Five bushels of seed 3 16 6 



'Weeding 10 



Pulling, rippling, and steeping 438 



Taking out of steep, spreading 2 1 4 



Lifting and tying 1 2 8 



Scutching 4 9 4.V 



16 3 6V 



Eeturns 60 14 3-i- 



Ealance 44 10 9 



