PREPARING FLAX BY HIS PATENTS. 201 



farmer can derive from cultivating and preparing one acre of 

 Flax in the usual way, let me call his attention to the saving 

 of expense, time, and the avoidance of loss by decomposition, 

 which are effected by my system being carried out. 



Flax (Dickson's Patents). 



Dh. 



£ s. 



d. 



Cn. 



£ 



s. 



d. 



To one acre of 







By 2 \ tons of Max- 











1 6 



9 



straw (produce 









„ 2% bushels Seed 



1 2 



6 



114st. of green 









„ Ploughing and 







Flax-straw) at 











12 







4s. per stone ... 



22 



16 









10 







28 stones of tow 









„ Pulling 



12 







at 2s. per stone 



2 



16 







„ Taking off seed 



6 







„ IBbsls. seed at 









„ Poor Eates and 







10s. per bushel 



8 













10 









33 



12 







„ Carriage 



5 







Deduct expenses 









„ Scutching 114st. 







of production ... 



6 



3 



3 



of green Flax- 















19 







Nett profit on 1 











£6 3 



3 



acre of Flax sold 













8 



9 



Now, as the above profits proceed from Flax being broken 

 and scutched by machinery, in the green unretted state, just 

 as it comes from the field, let me go a stage further in the 

 process or patent system that I have discovered, in addition 

 to my patent machines for breaking, scutching, and hackling 

 Flax, hemp, and other fibres, that I have made equally 

 valuable with Flax and hemp for many purposes. 



I find by experiment and calculation that 14lbs. of green 

 fibre will produce, when prepared by my patent liquid, 9lbs. 

 long ivhite Flax, and 2lbs. loz. of tow, leaving 2lbs. 15ozs. 



