110 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. VII. 



Neat profit from the flax crop 

 Neat profit from the wheat 



Balance in favour of the flax L. 3 5 4 



But if, instead of wheat, we should suppose 

 barley or oats to be the crop, the difference of 

 value in favours of the flax would be 2 1. or 3 1. 

 more. 



In short, it seems evident that flax may be 

 raised with as little injury to the land as either 

 wheat or oats, provided the following courses 

 be observed. 



1. Potatoes with dung, well Or, I. Oats from old rich ley. 

 hoed and cleaned ; 



2. Flax with grass Seeds. 2. Flax. 



3. Hay. 3. Turnip or potatoes dunged. 



4. Oats. 4. Barley with grass seeds. 



5. Turnip. 5. Hay. 



6. Barley with grass seeds. 6. Pasture, &.c. 



7. Pasture, &cc. 



Or, 



1. Oats as above. 



2. Flax. 



3. Wheat with three furrows and dunged. 



4. Pulse. 



5. Barley with grass seeds. 



6. Hay. 



7. Pasture, tc. 



N, . If the ground be not very rich, sum- 

 mer fallow may succeed the flax, and wheat 

 after the fallow. 



In the middle district of Fife, where the 

 ground is much elevated, and the soil cold and 

 moist-bottomed, flax is found to thrive extreme- 

 ly well, and to be of a fine quality. Hence the 

 culture of flax prevails more here than in any 



