2% THE SOILS AND CROPS OP THE FABM. 



clusters at the end of the branches. Each seed pro- 

 duces a single stem. Unlike the cereals the plant is 

 much modified by the thickness of seeding. When 

 the plants grow alone or thinly the stems produce 

 many branches and consequently many seeds. When 

 sown sufficiently thick no branches are produced ex- 



Thick Seeding. Flax Plant Gbowing Alone. 



cept at the top and but few seeds, but the fibre is of 

 superior quality. When fibre is the chief object 

 three to four bushels of seed are sown per acre, when 

 seed only is desired two to three pecks. It is claimed 

 that a satisfactory quantity of seed and fair quality of 

 tow may be obtained by sowing six pecks per acre. 



