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PICKSON'S REPLY TO PROFESSOR LOWE'S 



FLAX-CULTURE. 



s. d. 



DR. 



To rent of three 

 Irish acres of 

 land, including 

 the taxes, 

 ploughing, har- 

 rowing, seed, 

 rolling, weeding, 

 pulling, water- 

 ing, grassing, 

 and scutching... 30 

 Balance or 

 profit on the 

 growth of three 

 Irish acres of 

 Flax,.. . 59 



4 



89 4 



OR. s, d. 



By first 250 stooks 



watered when 



pulled, seed not 



saved, produce 



when scutched 



68 stones of 



Flax, sold at 7s. 



per stone 23 16 



Second 250 



stooks kept over 



year, seed saved 



and produced 



four hogsheads 



and sold at 



44s 16 16 



Flax produced from 



same, 108 stone 



superior quality, 



which sold for 



9s. per stone. ... 48 12 



89 4 



"Mr. Dobbin had 59 clear profit on the three Irish 

 acres, after allowing 10 per acre to cover all expenses, and 

 would have had 16 16s. for seed, and 24 16s. for Flax, 

 in all 41 12s. more profit, had he not been guided by 

 the old Irish or Scotch system of watering it the year the Flax 

 is pulled, but kept all his Flax to the following year. May I 

 now ask Professor Lowe, after looking at the above statement, 

 if he doubts the fact, or can he inform the British and Irish 

 landowners and farmers (as many may still be disposed to 



