PROFITS BY GROWING FLAX 



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expenses ? I shall therefore enter into the subject by calling 

 attention to the expenses of growing one acre of Flax ; and 

 although I give on the credit side, sufficient to show £20 clear 

 profit per acre, I think the letters and references that will be 

 found in another part, will be sufficient to prove beyond all 

 question, that a much greater profit can be had by care and 

 good management ; and depending on them as proofs, I shall 

 proceed to show the advantage to be gained by the Fanners in 

 the cultivation of this plant ; and will, for their information, 

 give particulars as to the profits on one acre of land cultivated 

 and prepared with Flax ; then let those Farmers who have 

 calculated the expense and profit on one acre of Wheat and 

 Barley, compare with this, and answer the question — « 

 Whether or not it is advisable for them to grow Flax, as they 

 do in the north of Ireland, to meet their rents, which cannot 

 be affected by the rise or fall of grain ? Observing in a table. 

 I have which shows the annual value of land per statute 

 acre in England and Wales, in which 1 find— Leicester, 

 £1 6s. 9d. ; Somerset, £1 5s. lOd. ; and Worcester, £1 6s. 2d. ; 

 these three being the highest average, I select one of them :■— 



Flax. 



£ s. d. 



Dr. 



Rent of 1 

 Land . 



Acre of 



16 9 



1 10 3 



2| Bushels of Flax 



Seed 



Ploughing and 



Sowing 15 



Twelve Hands em- 

 ployed Weeding 12 

 Twelve do. Pulling 18 

 Six do. Watering 



and Grassing ... 10 

 8 do. Lifting and 



Carting Home... 8 

 Scutching, say 52 



Stone 2 12 



Poor Rates and 



Taxes 10 



£9 12 



By produce of One 

 Acre of Middle 

 Quality of Flax, 

 say 52 Stone at 

 8s. 6d 22 



20 Bushels of Flax 

 Seed at 8s. ..... . 8 



£30 



Deduct Bent and 

 Expenses......... 9 



Cr. 



a. 



2 







12 



Nett Profit... £20 



