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measure ; the rows as spread should have at least six inches of 

 clear space between them ; it should be allowed to remain in 

 this condition until the fibre or outside of the stalk turns silver 

 gray, when it should be turned over and allowed to remain 

 until the other side is like the first ; a small pole ten or twelve 

 feet long, like a common fisliing-pole, may be used in turning 

 the flax, running it for six or eight feet in length under the tip 

 ends of the flax and turning it upon the buts. 



When it.is sufficiently rotted — of which the farmer can judge 

 by rubbing or breaking a stalk between the thumb and finger, 

 when, if it is fully rotted, the shive or woody part of the stem 

 will fall from the fibre, leaving it perfectly clean — it should be 

 bound in bundles and is then ready for the scutch-mill or 

 manufacturer. 



BLOOD STOCK 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



We find thirty-six entries on the books of the society — eight 

 for premium and twenty-eight for exhibition — consisting of 

 twenty-eight Shorthorns, four Devons, one Jersey, and one 

 Dutch, all of which did great credit to their respective races, 

 with perhaps one exception. But owing to the rules of the 

 society, requiring " authentic pedigrees,'" we are sorry to say, we 

 were obliged to rule out of competition all the animals except 

 the Shortliorns, the others not anp of them presenting docu- 

 mentary evidence of purity of blood, and in several instances 

 nothing was put before us to establish the claim except the bare 

 entry ">// b/ooci:' 



We would here say that we felt extreme delicacy in ruling 

 out the animals referred to, but felt in duty bound so to do, 

 with the vote of the society in view. For with the best intent 

 on the part of the contributor, ujiless he can substantiate his 

 claim of purity of blood, by a carefully kept record of pedigrees, 

 how can we or any one else know whether the animal in ques- 



