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DICKSON ON 



CHEMICAL MANURE FOR FLAX. 

 If Farmers wish to grow Flax on ground that they consider 

 not sufficiently prepared by manure to produce an average or 

 middling crop, the following compound, which has been pro- 

 posed by chemists who have analyzed the plant, as a manure 

 has been recommended. After the land has been ploughed, 

 and well harrowed, the compound should be sown broad cast 

 on the land before sowing the seed :•— 



Bone "Dust 54 lb. cost about £0 3 4 



561b. „ 4 



301b. „ 2 8 



30 lb. „ 4 



301b. „ 6 



Sulphate of Magnesia 

 Murate of Potash . . 

 Common Salt .... 

 Burned Gepsum . . 



£0 10 10 



The above quantity is sufficient for a statute acre, and as 

 the expense is not great, experiment alone is the only way 

 whereby Farmers can know the exact quantity that may be 

 requisite for their soil ; as much depends on the nature as 

 well as the condition of the land, and no teaching but that of 

 practical experience can guide operations so as to be confident 

 of success. 



MODE OF PREPARING THE LAND. 



During my visits to the continent I observed in the Flax 

 districts, especially in France and Belgium, that the Farmers 

 took more pains in preparing their ground for Flax, than they 

 did for any other crop they grew, \hy deeply trenching it 

 before the winter sets in, having ploughed down the stubble 

 of the previous crop, which is always Barley, Wheat, or Oats, 

 after being well manured; to grow potatoes or turnips they 



