FLAX. 



179 



$54 58 



To One bushel seed, .... 

 Pulling flax, .... 



Taking off seed, .... 

 Sowing seed and bushing in same, . 

 Thirteen loads of manure, 

 One hundred^nd thirty pounds guano. 

 Cleaning seed, .... 

 Dressing 401 pounds flax, 



Cr. 

 By 401 pounds of flax, worth at the time, 

 130 bounds of tow, 

 8 bushels of seed, 



-1148 26 



Balance, $93 68 



Statement of J. For bush. 



Statement of J. Forbush, of Bolton, in regard to flax raised 

 on half an acre of land. 



Soil light and sandy, cultivated for carrots for the last few 

 years. Ploughed and harrowed once. Sowed June 2d, at the 

 rate of Ave pecks to the acre, luithout manure. Pulled August 

 24th. 



Product. — Eight hundred pounds straw, seed off; three an-d 

 three-fourths bushels seed. 



Samples of both straw and seed are presented herewith. 



Statement of O. B. Hadiven. 



The amount of land sown to flax measures 90 square rods, 

 and it was cultivated in the following manner : — 



In 1862 it was planted with corn, well dressed with stable 

 manure. I ploughed the land as soon in the spring as the 

 ground was sufficiently dry, and used the gang cultivator twice 

 at intervals, bringing it into fine condition for the seed, an^ 

 destroying the first crop of weeds, — the gang cultivator ploughing 

 about four inches in depth. May 29th, the seed was sowji broad- 

 cast, at the rate of one and one-fourth bushels per acre. The 

 seed was worked in with a light harrow, followed with the roller, 

 the stones picked, leaving the land very smooth and level. In 

 four days (June 4th) the seed was up, and grew finely. June 

 13th, the field was dressed with twelve bushels of unleached 



