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CONTENTS. 



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On the Use of Linseed 142 



Linseed used in Norfolk— Sir C. M. Burrell's Letter to the Sussex 

 Herald — Boxes of Mr. Whitmore, the Rev. J. C. Blair Warren, 

 and Mr. Partridge — Feeding Sheep on Linseed — Progress of the 

 Box-feeding System— Calves— Profit on an Ox. 



SERIES OF LETTERS ON THE CULTIVATION OF FLAX. 



Letter 1 151 



Flax in Belgium — Holland — Ireland — A double Crop — The 

 Author's Interview with Messrs. Marshall — Pulling and Stooking 

 Flax. 



Letter II 155 



Price of Flax in Belgium, Ireland, and England — The Author's 

 Crop — Expenses — Seed ought not to be sold. 



Letter III 157 



State of Great Britain — Box-feeding — Objections answered — 

 Demagogues — Cobbett — Waste Lands in Ireland — Boxes and 

 Box-feeding. 



Letter IV. 165 



Our Means for Flax Culture — The Turnip Crop — Grass. 



Letter V 170 



The Author's Answer to Mr. Richardson — Meeting of the North 

 Walsham Farmers' Club — Experiments of Mr. Postle — Profits 

 of Box-feeding. 



Letter VI 176 



Meeting at Ipswich — National Flax Association — Importance of 

 Flax Culture — Value per Acre — Machinery — Missionary 

 Labours. 



Letter VII. . . 181 



Condition of Norwich^ — Suggestions for its Improvement — Mouse- 

 hold Heath — Land reclaimed by Weavers — The Growth of 

 Flax will not supersede that of Wheat — Wages. 



Letter VIII 190 



Mr. Windham — The Anti- Corn-Law League—Prize Cattle — The 

 Author's Bullocks— Dr. Play fair's Theory — Lord Torrington's 

 Prize Ox. 



Letter IX 197 



The Flax Crop— Reply to the Letter of Mr. Rous. 



Letter X 207 



Reply to the Letter of Mr. Gower — Address of Mr. Copeman. 



