PROFITS OF FLAX-CULTURE IN ENGLAND. 



159 



consisted of a deep red loam, and in extent was 5a. 2r. Bp. 



£ s. d. 



Rent of land at 48s. per acre 13 14 



Taxes, at 6s. per acre 114 4 



Flax-seed, 18| bushels, at 9s 6 I 6 



One ploughing, at 10s. per acre .... 217 3 



Sowing and harrowing, at Is. 6d. do. 8 



Weeding, at 2s. per acre Oil 5 



Pulling Flax, at 14s. per acre ..... 4 1 



Carting and stacking, at 4& per acre I 2 10 



Thrashing 5 7 1 



Winnowing 12 6 



£36 9 



SALE OF PRODUCE. 



£ S. d. 



Sale of Flax-seed, 116 J bushels at 8s 46 10 



Sale of Flax-straw, 12 tons, 2 cwt. 2 qrs., 



at £3 per ton 36 7 6 



Sale of Chaff, at 5s. per acre. . 1 8 7 



£84 6 1 



Leaving a nett profit of £47 17s. Id. on the 5 A. 2r. 6p., or 

 a trifle more than 5| acres of land employed in this trial of 

 Flax- cultivation ; and Mr. Druce concludes by expressing his 

 conviction that Flax is not at all an exhausting crop. 



Here then, is the expressed opinion of a gentleman, one 

 of the most extensive and practical agriculturists in England ; 

 let those theorists who write books like Mr. Stephens and 

 make speeches like Professor Lowe look at this, and confess 



