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ail adequate supply of all the common necessaries of life. In 

 addition to those advantages which I have pointed out, it will 

 be seen, that the fattening of double or triple our present 

 number of cattle must be attended with a corresponding in- 

 crease of hides and skins, wool and tallow, bone dust, &c., &c. 

 Included would be our flax and linseed crops, amounting 

 altogether to many millions a year, and involving so great a 

 demand for labour as must necessarily insure prosperity to the 

 agricultural and commercial interests of this country. 



I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. 



Jan, Ist, 1844. 



John Warnes. 



No. IX. 



Sir, 



At the commencement of this series, I pledged myself 

 to answer any objections to the above topics, whether of a 

 public or private nature, in order that truth might be 

 elucidated, my letters republished, and a work be produced, 

 which the landlord, the tenant, and labourer, would see it 

 their best interest to support. 



lu consequence, I have been, and still am, engaged in cor- 

 respondence with many influential and intelligent parties in 

 various parts of the kingdom ; and I rejoice to say that the 

 cause which I advocate daily gains ground. 'Tis true, that 

 it has "been subjected to some opposition; but, in every 

 instance where reason and generosity have been brought into 

 exercise, prejudice has been removed. 



In my former numbers, I endeavoured to point out the 

 advantages of fattening cattle upon native produce, box- 

 feeding, and summer grazing. But in the present, I desire to 

 draw particular attention to the importance of the flax crop, 

 with reference, principally, to the value of the fibre as a 

 source of employment to the labourer, and of profit to the 



