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agricvutjjraIj museum. 



OMNIS FEUET OMMIA TELI-US. VinC. 



Vol. L] Georgcloiun, Cu. Ma?/ 8. {No. 22] 

 For the AgricuUuval Muicum. 



6N the CULTUllE OF FLAX. 



Havi^jg observed several articles in the jSTusenm, on 

 the Cuitivation of Hemp, and ils prepuratiju by the 

 AglicLihuvaiists to render it iiiarketabJo, 1 send you iii 

 »ielail die Masuigemeiit of ihe Fiax Crt^p 'in the ]Nortli of 

 .England. Wiiether the same cour.'ie is pursued there, 

 Vviih that followed by the Irish, or in Germany, i cannot 

 say — or even whether the one I litive observed be 

 among tl}e best; yet, as it is followed in a district of coun- 

 try where the manufacture of linen (particularly the 

 strong and serviceable kind) is carried on to a consiu'- 

 erabie extent, it may therefore be liot unacceptable to 

 some of your readers. 



A deep and rich loam, or that kind of soil wliich often 

 marginates rivers, and appears to have been formed l)v 

 the deposition of their waters, is generally preferred to 

 all others for this crop ; and indeed it is seldom found to 

 answer the farmers expectation when so\\ n upon other 

 land. L.and which has iaia for some years in grass is ac- 

 counted the best; it is not unf'equently, however, sown 

 upon arable lanil, when th.e soil is good, dry, and friable, 

 and free from weeds, 'i'hc kind cultivated is the linuni 

 iisitatissimum, and of that variety tej-med the blue or 

 lead coloured. Whether sown upon land that has been 

 in grass, or upon wheat stubble, it seldjai receives 

 more than one ploughing; allho' good management 

 would direct that if sown on arable, or cultivated land 

 it ought to be well pulveriiied and fvced from weeds 

 by a jjrcvious fallow. The land is seldom if ever nia- 

 iiurcd immediately for this crop, probably from tlie fear 

 of introducing ;i ficib tlock of wccc!;:= so delj-uneinui 



