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ANALYSIS of Celebrated Flax Soils from Russia, Belgium, Holland and Ireland. 

 (From "On Flax/' by W. Charley.) 



In the Great Lakes region of America, because of somewhat greater range of 

 temperature, less uniform moisture, and an occasional drought, the light soil is at 

 a disadvantage. It has been frequently noted, moreover, that flax seed sown on light 

 soils of " new-breaking " woodlands occasionally suffers during heavy rains from 

 being washed down the steep slopes of the knolls into the hollows. 



A prominent Ontario grower asserts that the only lands barred by him are mucks 

 and white clays. As to all other types of soil, his only stipulations are freedom from 

 weeds and proper cultivation. 



CULTIVATION. 



Granted that, in our climate, the most suitable soil is actually the well-drained, 

 fertile clay loam, we must see to it that this land is cultivated so as most closely to 



Photo by courtesy of Howard Fraleigh, Forest, Ont. 

 A Belgian Flax Grower broad casting by hand. 



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