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watered. These coombs are made of iron, and the teeth are so 

 close that the heads cannot pass through, and are consequently- 

 pulled off. 



It is observable, that the land on which rated flax is spread to 

 prepare it for housing, is greatly improved thereby ; and if it be 

 spread on a coarse, sour pasture, the herbage will be totally 

 changed, and the best sorts of grasses will make their appearance. 

 Having myself cultivated flax on a large scale, and observing the 

 almost instantaneous effect produced by the water in which the 

 flax was immersed, I was induced some years ago to apply it to 

 some pasture land, by means of watering carts, similar to those used 

 near London, in watering the roads. The effect was astonishing, 

 and advanced the land in value ten shillings, or fifteen shillings 

 per acre. This liquid is much superior to animal urine. The 

 practice, I therefore strongly recommend to the cultivators of flax j 

 possibly it may not be a new idea, but I believe it is seldom so 

 applied. 



The second method, namely dew ripening, may be carried on 

 immediately after the flax is pulled, or it may be dried and mowed, 

 and in the months of February or March the seed may be stamped 

 from the stalk, and the latter spread on the grass land to ripen. 



The principal manures made use of by the growers of flax, are 

 the sheepfold, woollen rags, horn shavings, and lime ; and it is 

 no unusual thing for the farmer to find ground, manure, ploughing, 

 and all team work ; and the laborer to find seed, and all manual 

 labor, dividing at the conclusion, the produce in a way similar to 

 that before stated in my teasel account. The expence and produce 

 of an acre of watered flax may be thus estimated : 



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