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has been saved ; therefore the crop is now rendered doubly 

 valuable, and doubly important to the community at large. 



With respect to the various details of harvesting and pre- 

 paring flax for general purposes, those contained in the letters 

 of Messrs. Marshall and Mr. Edmonds deserve particular 

 attention ; but where the finest description of flax regardless 

 of seed is the object, Mr. Henderson's directions (p. 96) 

 may be followed with undoubted success. Indeed hjs plan is 

 so clearly recounted, that it will be found a valuable reference 

 even to those who may not be disposed to sacrifice the seed. 



It ought to be remembered that if all aimed at fine fibre the 

 market would be quickly overstocked with that quality, the 

 price be greatly reduced, and the coarser sorts be more in 

 request. 



Mr. Beare, of Paston, had more than seven coombs, or 

 29 bushels, of linseed from an acre of land last year, Mr. At- 

 kinson, of Walcot, had 27 bushels from an acre and 4 rods 

 of ground. The weight of Mr. Pierson's seed of Framling- 

 ham was 4 stone 3 lbs. per bushel, and that of Mr. Tillett, of 

 Yaxley, 4 stone 3^ lbs. per bushel. I could adduce many 

 more instances if necessary, but the above are sufficient to 

 prove that the quality, weight, and quantity per acre of 

 English seed surpass any accounts extant. 



These facts, added to the discovery that linseed with grain, 

 pulse, or hay can be formed into a compound in finitely cheaper 

 and superior to foreign oil-cake for fattening cattle, incon- 

 testably prove that the cultivation of the plant for the sake of 

 the seed must abundantly repay, and that a new agricultural 

 era has commenced, fraught with the most beneficial conse- 

 quences to landlord, tenant, and labourer. 



