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equal to the amount of Mr. Arbuthuot's sum for stamped 

 linen — in all amounting to 258,619/. 6*. 8(f., a sum^ar beyond 

 the opinion of most people ? 



It is singular that, in a court of law, a crop of lint will be 

 found to be a green crop ; and that if a proprietor were to 

 raise an action against a tenant for sowing flax in place of a 

 meliorating crop, in his rotation, the proprietor would be cast. 

 The only remedy in this case is to set aside the question, and 

 prevent any dispute on that point by the terms and articles 

 of the lease, specifying particularly what quantity of linseed 

 is annually to be sown. 



\^From a Correspondent. ~\ 



As I have not made any particular observation on the crops 

 of flax in any part of the West Riding, except Marshland, I 

 cannot say positively what is the best soil for it. In Marsh- 

 land they are allowed to grow as many stone per acre as any 

 part of the West Riding, but not so good in quality. Flax, 

 if not sown upon grass land new ploughed up, generally suc- 

 ceeds a crop of oats ; but latterly they have sown it after a 

 crop of potatoes, upon land that has a few years before been 

 broken up from grass, and with good success. Land that is 

 intended for flax, if an old pasture or meadow land, should be 

 ploughed before Christmas; if wheat or oat stubble, betwixt 

 Christmas and Candlemas ; and as soon as it has got well dried, 

 in the spring, work it with harrows and the roller till you have 

 got it well pulverized ; let it remain in that state for ten days 

 or a fortnight, then open the land out with a harrow, and let 

 the seedsman immediately follow. Endeavour, if possible, to 

 sow after a shower of rain ; but wait a few days longer, if the 

 season is not too far advanced, rather than sow when your land 

 is too dry. The rent, if let to a flax-grower, is generally from 

 3/. lO*. to 6/. per acre. 



Home seed is for the most part sown when intended for white 

 flax ; if for seed, the Baltic, which makes very good seed next 

 year for white flax, and for three or four years after, but must 

 then be renewed. The quantity sown per acre, if for seed, is 

 eight pecks ; if for white flax, from eight to ten pecks. 



