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ation on Practical and Scientific Agriculture given, in order to render 

 the meeting at once interesting, instructive, and profitable. 



" The exhibition of Machinery, &c., will be held in Mr. Chenery's 

 Pasture Field, from Ten till One o'clock, during which time the pro- 

 cess of making compound will be often repeated. 



"The show of Flax, &c., will take place in the Temperance Hall, 

 near the above field, from Twelve till Two o'clock, to which Ladies 

 are respectfully invited. 



" At the above hour, the chair will be taken by the Right Hon. 

 Lord Rendlesham, when the propriety of forming an Association to 

 advance the interests of Agriculture, through the Cultivation of Flax, 

 fattening Cattle upon Native Produce, Box Feeding, and Summer 

 Grazing, will be taken into consideration." 



No supporter of the Gold of Pleasure, or of " the new flax seed," 

 appeared, but agriculturists from Norfolk were present, whose testi- 

 mony induced many parties to adopt the new system of grazing — with 

 what success Mr. Gwilt may learn from the Rev. J. C. Blair'Warren, 

 of Horkesley Hall, whose excellent letter on the subject lately appeared 

 in your Journal ; or from Mr. Catt, of Whitton, Mr. King, of Shotley, 

 and from other members of the Ipswich and Ashbocking Farmers' 

 Club, upon whose premises Linseed is daily being formed into com- 

 pound, and Cattle fattened in Boxes. 



Mr. Editor, in concluding this brief defence of the flax-crop, allow 

 me to assure you that I entertain towards Mr. Gwilt no other feeling 

 than that of respect ; and I should rejoice in the opportunity of a per- 

 sonal conference on the subject of our friendly contention. The 

 present controversy has afforded me the means of more widely dissemi- 

 nating the merits of a plant, for the cultivation of which greater 

 facilities abound in this than in any other part of the world, and from 

 which a greater amount of employment is derived than from any other 

 production of the earth ; of a plant, for which five millions for the 

 fibre, and many millions beside for the seed, oil, and cake, are annually 

 sent out of the country. The home circulation of these millions would 

 be the means of raising thousands from the depth of poverty and misery. 

 The home circulation of these millions would be attended with incal- 

 culable advantage to the Farmer and the Tradesman, the landowner 

 and the merchant, the husbandman and the operative. The home 

 circulation of these millions would render the whole community pros- 

 perous and free. 



I invite the public to a calm and sober consideration of these facts, 

 and to the overwhelming truth, that employment can alone protect us 

 against the encroachments of the revolutionist, or arrest the hand of 

 the incendiary. 



