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ment Society, particulars of which I have received from their 

 secretary, James M'Adam, Esq., a copy of which I observe is 

 to be found in your Gazette of Saturday, page 481. It corrobo- 

 rates my former statements, when I said that the English and 

 Scotch Flax-spinners, who are a very wealthy and influential 

 body, are certain to contribute liberally towards the formation 

 of a society in this country similar to the Belfast Flax Im- 

 provement Society, provided the landlords and farmers can be 

 brought to see (as the Irish landlords and farmers do) the 

 great benefit derived from Flax culture ; and as the British 

 farmers are a calculating class, and far from following the 

 example of our railway speculators in their business move- 

 ments, it is to be hoped that English and Scotch landowners 

 will consult and join with British spinners in promoting a 

 society calculated to instruct the farmers of this country in the 

 cultivation of the plant, as it cannot be denied that it will be a 

 national benefit; and if the matter be taken up by landlords 

 and farmers with the same spirit and determination as their 

 brethren in Ireland have done, it is evident, from what has 

 appeared in your paper last week, they may calculate on the 

 undivided support of the Flax-spinners of Britain. 



" I am, Sir, yours faithfully, 



"J. H. DICKSON. 



ei 6, De Beauvoir Square, London, 

 30th July, 1845." 



LETTER II. 



ON THE EXPENSES AND PROFITS ON EIGHT ACRES OF WHEAT, 

 COMPARED WITH EIGHT OF FLAX. 



To the Editor of ' ' Eddowis J ournal." 

 " Sir, — I beg to express my thanks for your prompt attention 

 to my request, by inserting in the columns of your journal my 

 letters on rotation, cultivation, and management of the Flax- 

 plant ; and inasmuch as, by attention to the method described, 



