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ments provincially, " fhivs" or lhivers } 

 and the principal part of the tow or Ihort fila- 

 ments,, be extricated ; when the flax is folded 

 up into bundles for fale. 



The fwingling is done by the (lone, at a 

 piice proportioned to the length and flub- 

 bornnefs of the crop. Flax which is ihort or 

 tough requires much more labour than that 

 which is longer, or from which the fhivers 

 part freely. From eighteenpence totwoihil- 

 lings a ftone, with board and lodging, is 

 given for fwingling ; about twentypence is 

 the com men price. The work is" yery la- 

 borious. 



VII. MARKETS. -A fmall manufactory 

 of coarfe linen being carried on in the 

 Vale, a market is always at hand. The price 

 of rough flax varies with foreign markets 

 and its intrinfic quality. Seven to eight IhiU 

 lings a-ftone (of fourteen pounds) may, I be- 

 lieve, be confidered as a medium price. 

 From thirty to forty ftones an. acre a mid- 

 dling crop, 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. From this fketch 

 of the culture and management of flax it ap- 

 peVSj that the goodnefs of -the crop depends. 



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