86 



J>r. 



14 10 4 



14 10 4 



To this profit may be added the succeeding turnip crop and 

 the improvement of the land by the manure ; without these 

 it cannot be considered as very lucrative, for it is precarious ; 

 and if a dry season follow the sowing, it frequently happens 

 that the flax does not get to any height, and is scarcely worth 

 pulling. Some people may think the expenses overrated ; but 

 if they consider that the calculation is made under the idea of 

 an acre statute measure, and also that it includes beer, tools, 

 and many other trifling articles of expense, they will be dis- 

 posed to acknowledge it to be correct ; at least, I can say that 

 it is drawn from my own experience of its truth. 



Agriculture of the county of Lincoln, 

 of the Board. 



By the Secretary 



Flax. — Much cultivated at Swineshead ; grass land freshis 

 preferred. Plough for it once, and harrow five times ; again 



