287 



zeal in the cause of agricultural improvement has occasionally led me 

 to speak too highly of a new discovery ; and upon no occasion have I 

 been more doubted and disbelieved than in expatiating upon the ad- 

 vantages likely to arise from Mr. Warnes' speculation of growing flax, 

 and substituting his incomparable compound in the place of cake, for 

 both of which I was an early and zealous advocate. I would not in- 

 tentionally mislead any one, but as I am extremely fond of my hobby, 

 I trust that I may have the pleasure of riding him quietly without any 

 jostling with Mr. Warnes : and time will settle our oily contentions. — 



I am sorry that Mr. "Warnes should have expressed himself so illi- 

 berally toM^ards Mr. Taylor, who is a most highly respectable young 

 man, a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and I believe a most eminent 

 botanist. For his researches in botany are very extensive, and as he 

 occupies some land in order that he may practically become acquainted 

 with the properties of newly discovered plants, I trust that we may 

 confidently look to some important acquisitions. — As to the probable 

 worth of the Gold of Pleasure, I shall only state what / do know. In 

 its green state it will furnish abundant food for sheep, and may be 

 folded off for turnips, and if possible for seed. Turnips may on those 

 follow, and a good crop obtained. It will yield an abundant crop of 

 seed — affording splendid oil for lamps, and the finest machinery, having 

 excellent cake and the seed compounded with barley equal and I might 

 say superior to linseed. — I have fed sheep, cows, and poultry stock 

 upon it with the greatest safety and satisfaction. I have had the 

 cake analysed by two eminent chemists in London, and their direc- 

 tions confirm all that I have said of its valuable properties. 



I will not trespass any further upon your columns, than merely to 

 observe that I do not undervalue Mr. Warnes's most praiseworthy 

 endeavours to extend the growth of Flax— but I still think that the 

 practical large farmer will not be readily brought to adopt it — as 

 farmers in general dislike any thing out of the usual routine of busi- 

 ness, and for that reason will continue to prefer the use of oil-cake, to 

 Mr. Warnes's incomparable compomid, and that cake can and will be 

 made, and to great advantage, from the home growth of the Gold of 

 Pleasure. 



Yours, &c., 



Daniel Gwilt. 



Icklingham, Suffolk, 



Feb. 2nd, 1844. 



