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cultivation, I shall quote one more on its advantages, which I 

 have taken from the Agricultural Gazette : 



" ' EFFECT OF OIL-CAKE ON THE MANURE OF THE ANIMALS 

 FED ON IT. A friend of mine has lately adopted a plan, which 

 under the same circumstances I should strongly recommend ; 

 it is that of giving a small quantity of oil-cake to animals 

 grazing, for the sake of improving an ordinary pasture ; and 

 its effects are astonishing. The pastures I allude to are small, 

 and one or two more bullocks than they are calculated to carry 

 are put into each : the lot are then allowed 4lbs. of cake per 

 day per head ; this at a cost of about 2s. per head per week 

 which I believe the stock well paid for has entirely altered the 

 face of the pastures from what they were three years ago, when 

 the plan was first adopted by him, and I believe without any loss 

 to himself.' (7. Dobito, English Agricultural Society's Journal. 



"I could, if necessary, multiply evidence ; however, as I 

 consider I have now placed undeniable facts before you, I 

 will conclude my remarks by a quotation from a letter from 

 James M'Adam, Esq., Secretary to the Belfast Society, on the 

 18th December last. He says, 'As a proof of the great 

 demand for Flax at present, I may mention that from this 

 port orders are now out for 300 tons of Flax from Egypt, and 

 from 2,000 to 3,000 tons, value 70,000 to 100,000, from 

 the Baltic; and this in spite of the largest home-grown crop 

 for several years. There have been lately erected in this 

 neighbourhood 60,000 additional spindles, which will be at 

 full work during the ensuing year, and which, it is calculated 

 will consume 3,000 additional tons of Flax yearly.' 



"If this be not proof sufficient to satisfy farmers and land- 

 owners of the importance of Flax-cultivation, I can only say 

 that they require such men as the learned Professor Kane to 



go amongst them. 



"I am, Sir, yours respectfully, 



"J. H. DICKSON. 

 "6, De Beauvoir Square, London/' 



