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ly done in the course of the ensuing winter or 

 spring. 



6//?, Produce. This depends much on the 

 soil and preparation of the ground. Sometimes, 

 on rich land, and under good management, 

 from 30 to 36 stones have been raised from the 

 acre, each stone 22 libs. Averdupoize. The 

 average, however, is iar below this, not perhaps 

 above 22 stone per acre. Dressing at the mill 

 is now 2 s. per stone ; and heckling, including 

 both lint and braids, is i-s. the stone. Suppose, 

 then, 1500 acres of flax, and each acre to pro- 

 duce 22 stones, the v\hole produce will amount 

 to 33,000 stones. All this flax is spun in the 

 county by women and girls, who have generally 

 two-handed wheels, and are so alert at the bu- 

 siness, that they can in ordinary spin 'from ten 

 to twelve beer per day. Some have occasionally 

 spun 1 8, 20, and even 24 beer per day. But 

 this requires early rising and late sitting, and is 

 so hard work, that it cannot be done constantly. 

 When manufactured into yarn, it will yield, at 

 <n average, 8y spindles per stone, including tow 

 rnJ braids, and consequently the produce in 

 yarn will amount to 280,500 spindles. This 

 again, manufactured into cloth of various de- 

 scriptions, will produce, at the rate of 3 i- yards 

 from the spindle, 981,750 yards. 



Before 1 leave this article, it may he proper 

 to take notice of an attempt that has been made 

 of late by some proprietors, to check the culti- 

 vation of flax, in this county, by introducing a 

 clause into the new leases, prohibiting the te- 

 nant from sowing more than a certain specified 

 quantity in the year, .anjl that simply for th 



