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has in the flax an excellent manure for his latter-math, upon 

 which his flax is laid ; he has a rich supply of seed to feed all 

 his cattle ; he has abundance of labour for the poor ; and at last 

 has, from a good crop, from ten to fifteen pounds per acre to 

 put into his purse to enable him to be a good tenant, and to 

 give both land and landlord every satisfaction required." 



That the above statements are, in the main, correct, there can 

 be no doubt. I have grown flax for three years in various 

 fields without perceiving any deterioration of soil or exhausting 

 effect. On the contrary, I considered the land im'Jjroved by 

 the change of rotation, and by the effect of the crop on after 

 tillage. Nor has a complaint of this kind been made by any 

 one who grew flax for the sake of the seed in 1842. Fifty-six 

 acres were, that year, grown in different parts of Norfolk ; and 

 nearly all who then tried the experiment upon a small scale, 

 increased it last year, when about 400 acres were grown. 



Now, Mr. Editor, when we consider the uncertainty of the 

 turnip crop on the one hand, and, on the other, that there are 

 thousands of acres that will not produce turnips under any cir- 

 cumstances, surely the appropriation of such lands to the pro- 

 duction of linseed must confer a lasting benefit not only upon 

 the tenant and the landlord, but also upon the kingdom at 

 large. 



I am, 'your obedient servant, 



John Warnes, Jun. 

 Trimingham, March "i^th, 1844. 



No. Xlll. 



Sir, 



Through the kind attention of a gentleman in "West 

 Norfolk, the Bury Post of the 12th ult. was put into my hands, 

 containing the report of the West Suffolk Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation meeting. My friend is a native of that part of Suffolk, 

 and was anxious that I should be offered an opportunity of ac- 

 knowledging the high compliment paid me on that occasion. 



