THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Aprin 19, J 
262 
and to find o wal re he place ae hand | is en t w a eerie tp Pike has b 
—is a 32s. prize ; how nothing but practical expe- | tained by weighing 1 cwt. of rough Flax, : ind haw 
_ ta the exponse s e rtacng pimantan is Sones an roper instructions yt PI aR unac- |'scutched by hand at home, and comparing it wi ving i 
bl All thi re ex GA a ted in tho, Tab ble quainted bint aa pro ss to bec! aster o be t I | same weight done in the mill ; there i is much room 
prip re AA * caging ce pe sede he wanateas)| C “ont the most impo tan t pat o r fini nish in the ma- Pm in ~*~ ae on re op the b 
; i h ve ness. ve als er reason for condemning ‘the 
of any fact, along with the varying circumstances te Emai 2 ait nip Bot 10:diye tn the water it 3 aiii system ‘af satis yor yeat it is pulled, anea ] 
r of ee: ‘out a handfal and examine it ; wy wh the keep i it over r to the next season, and Lbcliows the Flax 
connected with it, is much more expressive of thei 
y h 
any other. Thus,see how al rsif the wood br yar ‘short, and if t he bett my opinion ve ee absor orbs all 
these curves sink and fall together, attaining their | leave the stalk without g, or if P 
maxima on the marlstone, e Îr rer oolite, the hes of the wood ‘from the middle of t the stall r, th d itre- 
agnesi imestone, and the andstone, or has quires Jess time in the water to cause it w quit 
and sinking to tħeir minima on ii lias, th ]-| none of tl fibı it may then remove fibre ; therefore, I must believe ig to grow i 
lay, th illstone grit, and the Bathstone, thus | it from the pon nd; bnt as it iea tly happens that oa oii e must be looked 
expressing the that the circumstances under rapid change takes place when fermentation is Bite it to in „every stage a the process, a as etke watering a 
h t f acricultural produce should be tried as I describe every four or be done till the year after gro h 
OE DO wperces Sincere: 2 E p it should be carefully lifted with the ha ita i it is m > 
for thè landlord, and most profit to the farmer. 
This result we believe to be true in bee WEET and 
t ra and placed on the ends beg out two i three and o a fine fibre and an abundant. crop iste $ 
hou: 
stalks previous to being ea = 
Grassing or 
rs, in order to let sy rotten water run from the found oat iy proper attention to this in all the stages 
ae soar this peeve niew- “Effects ad Use of Flax-water.—I was o 
with astonishment after rain in the mon 
what a happy thing that it is $0 5 
interest of all i hould k en on the 7 eptember and October to I 
the land sho ald be thoroughly cultiva ted: s G it req th ; to ibe once or iA, pm Bh that ber of large trout dead in the water-course 
e are circumstances Whi ch meen pets the acting ge much -on what is | mill, from the effects of the water which ha 
general truth of this stateme nd some of these, | expose sed to its scorching rays; if it happe! ens to be | from the several pits in the neighbourhood where F] 
1 
ore especially as regards the labourer, ust | Showery mater so much the better. at en soaked. I glad to 
now consider. In-reference to the landlord, obviously os Soman hr. G AA for this process, To water in age it ew apnea be oo to'a 
i ” | know when it is ready for lifting: ome ‘0 
the fertility of the land, independently o : el ‘the ahd, eee ait: if |have wi trying experiments, and ji ai ten it ean 
dition in which it is, must greatly influence the r the wood breaks | “quite short, and apace: trom the returned to the la nd in the shape wien manure. Isl 
writ this the a el oa necessarily affects the total fibre, ving it free like a narrow riband, it r iront iii 
ai of t cultura uce grown upon t fG | valuable. 
soil, mast in e all the other os too, into ing veh an outline of the plan of operation 
= 
which the rodne r dividesitselt 
Take, for instan 
‘the alluvial district ; though Big peste n fer. 
agtřcultu 
| rated into small handfuls to: feed the Pellet by this pro- |F prime 
r | cess t 
inch; there are five rollers about 18 inches or 2 $e t in | I am aware thatit isinot'every man 
| ciroamference, « one in the centre, which, turns the two hee salsa 
a wer via on the fibre oi separated on pre wich I and others eae successful i = cultiva 
ax, and having w d the m anagemei 
ane by others in agers te por se ale 
eF x, I cannot cor how men can b pI 
wood sa t atals | m they lay on Whe Grass. 
Rol lling. k 
| part of the centre ro ers is drawn round, the two | 
Bike ad rollers, we are peded do ra ag two levers |r 
d 
pelt 
value and variety in qualtey of Flax, they must h ave 
be gui pay tes ce ewe system 
mpet our fo 
with weights ; then turned by ‘a boa: rd behind, a 
omes rea ‘over rh a part © 
sagen tei re more ‘at eos to aee 
be Siac more that tho —_— is donbtlens by the action a the aa veral rollers; it is then rete made by gentlemen in o 
o 
less — to its owner t! 
‘that 
noe an be no d 
oe e present condition of the two districts, 
the forme is nationally much the more ‘useful of 
But oar vowarks have already attained such 
length, tha we Saal paltpens the rest of them till 
next w: 
FLAX CULTURE. 
irs eaa page 247.) 
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(Co 
The ~Pulling.— —This operation should be done with 
nit, bef canal 
‘ceiving e of the fluted parts in ‘the i nagar "howe I do not des aig vot th their $ 5 
} li inoiig ris A of several pe, si ime 
lk who na uc 
be handed ov: over to the scutchers in t iké mill to becleaned | ‘fibre equal to ne best Belgian, and Ih: d 
out, that is, the shives, or short wood, taken out by v ei them that rR pe! nately tore 
actio n of ‘he ss ha mdles etters from some of Pi 5 e Flaxs] 
Although I admit lerably | in Ew: hir and Lan nash, pase to encours 
well vi carefully asteided, $ cannot eng: e to the 
ASi ‘and all the in ee r eia PRA seen or iat | momen nt they can do so without actual loss, 
‘purpose, for two re + first, an and | these gentlemen feel, as Saas ih should do, the 
ol often lose the mn arms, ie; a ship of being obliged ne fr so 
ves, | people that post nat 4 eir 
per nest have it fort 
és “BO wrong in on forget th 
andi in ‘attempting to ony thet Flax their “por ato 
he Flax T the rollers; another reason of objection is, mate 
d, and delivered un- As England is ‘second ~~ no ountry in 
even or level, and as like a brush as possible, and the 
nthe wi 
even, ] ] mec eal skill, - is to beh 
refore I intend ‘to recommenda | that the owners of the cae ‘wll not be th only ¢ 
= t 
vm ke ar ey oe 
3 if rush | bands are not to be 
nte: 
ace free of all dang, Ie will break or indent it, | follow, p hesitate to en in march of improven 
win the Plan as bands of the Flax never water or 
the Sheaves should no ot be large | 
made 
for “the more wog takes place by the Tenpentuoh, j 
in the 
d tight in the band; 
after being ate it should re 
va foll 
ain | to convert any 0 d corn mill i tch mill, I p by the Be lfast Pii ji spi 
without tossing or making it uneven, and It ker will s that "Flax may | be profi 
which I am prepared to ie will be a vast sav ing | in | grown both f and 
the scutehing. the fibre, although not i in the same ratio, and that 
Scutching.—In the mill at the scutching stalk or e 
board it is pr = ared for meee ager as it is very easy many of the Manehestr e tton spin 
on ready to Me ob. i 
a? 
y y e common | mills have been, with two maser ues all Genel tol ' 
fiy- vu used for driving stones in a corn-mill, will spinning within the last 12 “cmt e first Flas 
drive for 12 men to ‘seutch at; on the | Was ‘built in 1828 in that eres 
eae 
The next process eee or mat sa off the seed, shaft 6 or the 
which is easily done by an iron comb fixed in a ae end of "this shaft a iad spur-wheel is a ed, with cogs | burnt-down cotton mill, and at present there a 
Tike coarse rte 4 over which the ar of the seen Sa to yi on the face of the wheel. This | 30 Flax mills in Belfast and sion = tal 
‘are drawn until all the seed-balls taken off; thos: Pe s from 6 to 12 pair of oes i through it | an nd five 
balls should be taken to the aa or large lofts, and | fi nays to 4 fe it es) on those arms are fixed short 
spread, the to would effectually dr; pena or handles of Beech, one on each end ; those | Derry, D ulin, and in the town ‘dt Droghe wa "1g 
them. I advise'this tobe done in August or September, | arms, crossed in the shaft, revolve according to the | many thousands of hands are employed i in re : 
in order that the seed may be had for feeding during | power let on the AEEA de engine, and pass round spinning factories, and in Ser weaving into linen 
winter, Fire mustnever be resorted to, in order to within from 4 tol inch of an upright and sationary their sg gpa farm ndlords. have P 
dry either F] 1 iied Ik), | duced ; here is a connecting fink - ee be b 
Watering, is 2 ion should bed hich the mai holds t ‘a | bet and c Belfast Fl; 
ed 
n M: 
éing w 1, the ferm rentatio 
5 Sia, ia a Fanien the a ‘inside t 
he S 
he ‘mo’ ore rapidly decomposed 5 a pon md of river-water, 
|Danatal of Flax ( called a streik) under Qae yer sane are he ob weg eren Pi 
i north of Ireland require. 
see 
a is clean, w hen he turns the other end of the Led are often con: een Di ron 
and i in R similar a fy ot the swords, over rvations on this $ 
r 
sufficient to hold 
bee ollected, but water containing mineral “substances 
ntil by the action of those words the what I took from the Times 
last of the wool or stem, on which the Flax grew is aame Ea the Flax's sa 
or driven out, 1 Ce Tikes Minist Whitehall, and fade U 
fnll 
beciise they con sidered thei 
h water into the pond-or ‘pit, or any out of it, until some hundreds of narrow ribands. The rollers are also 
EEN 
fres 
the Flax'that has been binged is lifted; being 
Yt 
|i ia x l. This be much i pre 
te 7 I y that senm the daty Trom what it 1 z 
placed under water for 10 to 15 days, 
closely with boards or Grass-sods, in “order to 
u 5 d E PPSA to what itt g 
£ 
pea now is, 4 
cia the first week, frequently examined to ‘see that it + rae = pulled, in order to have it e early in the 
e Be ok ae pate Ny tay all watered their 
We (they say) ‘nly exported f io r 
Yarns in are ing to £5,000 
as not undergone 
1, 700,000 - oe 
sven the woot t to te from the but this mode of mana ement cannot be too 
Now, if persons A — pampbet on the sub l h y strongly |+ en in 1e 18 s PER a a 000,000 
“ect t would say that tas part o he process in the ma- | gtower, I shall poi : first, those persons Ditto 1643 ai i 00,000 
ing, fib |g kets in Oct. Noy. and Deb H from 50001. to 
eon: nsideration, those aos know the value of the bject | han they t c ] 7 their Fl ; ly to pena that ape ening exported in ens up to July ; 
x as 
would pere they eng some sae cee of the. 
5 aa pro ‘0 kno 
J 
in pr 
O. 
anted uy pov net landowners of the i 
„Ireland, and extra 
sendy am my opinion 
e Flax entirely “aepends on 4 pent there} is always grea 
gi they Bs in rela the 
aid oe that cov 
‘the ieee: 
Herdman and 
there be a} lottery in the gr 
as 
re org and dskitfal farmer ‘has in this cage an sq paying workers by weight a ver bad o brou 
of showing himself able to arrive at per- ' the Flax has got rather much w: i iar, hat es care Haat nd ot scat ace ht a re 4 oe Lite conside 
Co.’s experiment are a proof of a7 p i | up and lest in the ste y or wood, and the ends of the |immense increase of exportation, 
ried by the owners. Mach of the fe sep are -eut| from growing as it now does what is § un 
expo: 
| Flax also much cut’away. I consider the system of | figures proves to have taken pl 
