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mouth, from thence by sea to different parts of the kingdom. I 

 have every reason to think that some thousand acres of flax-seed 

 will be sown this year, a circumstance at which I devoutly re- 

 joice, not because of a paltry triumph over an unprincipled oppo- 

 sition, but because of the benefits which the British farmer and 

 the British labourer will derive through the circulation of those 

 immense sums ^now sent to foreign countries for flax, linseed, 

 oil, and cake. 



From reports laid before the Board of Agriculture many 

 years since, and other documents on the cultivation of flax, in- 

 trusted to me by Lord Hastings, I perceive that half a guinea 

 per bushel was a common price for sowing seed, and not unfre- 

 quently I4s. Extracts from those writings in the form of a 

 pamphlet will shortly be published, at his Lordship's desire, for 

 general circulation, when some remarkable facts, confirmatory 

 of my oft-repeated statements relative to the value, utility, and 

 advantages of the flax crop will appear. 



Mr. Gower observes, " It is but just to state that the 

 crop of 1843 was cultivated under Mr. Warnes's almost daily 

 direction." 



This I utterly deny. — Trimingham is distant about twelve 

 miles from Dilham — a place that I have scarcely seen half a 

 dozen times during the past fifteen years. Mr. Gower adds, 

 "he sent the seed, the man, and drill; — it stood until Mr. W. 

 said it was ' nice and brown ;' then it was spread on the land, 

 and afterwards turned with a long stick, and ultimately, when 

 it had been exposed to the sun and weather as long as he 

 directed, it was stacked ; but not till it had been so injured by 

 such treatment that it was worth little or nothing. " I cer- 

 tainly had the pleasure of sending a man, drill, and seed to 

 several persons in the neighbourhood of Dilham, who were 

 anxious to try the experiment. To all I afforded the best in- 

 formation in my power ; nor am I aware that any of their crops 

 were injured through my interference ; certainly not Mr. 

 Gower's. But I can confidently aver, that after the seed had 

 been thrashed, the stalks were stacked, and so improperly 

 thatched, that the rain penetrated the sheaves in every direc- 

 tion and rotted many ; they were then sent to North Walsham 

 to be prepared. I refer to Mr. Demann. 



