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abundance of labour for the poor; and at last has, from a good 

 crop, from ten to fifteen pounds per acre to put into his purse 

 to enable him to be a good tenant, and to give both land and 

 landlord every satisfaction required." 



That the above statements are, in the main, correct, there 

 can be no doubt. I have grown flax for three years in vari- 

 ous fields without perceiving any deterioration of soil or ex- 

 hausting effect. On the contrary, I considered the land im- 

 proved by the change of rotation, and by the effect of the 

 crop on after-tillage. Nor has a complaint of this kind been 

 made by any one who grew flax for the sake of the seed in 1842. 

 Fifty- six acres were, that year, grown in different parts of 

 Norfolk ; and nearly all who then tried the experiment upon 

 a small scale, increased it last year, when about 400 acres 

 were grown. 



Now, Mr. Editor, when we consider the uncertainty of the 

 turnip crop on the one hand, and, on the other, that there are 

 thousands of acres that will not produce turnips under any cir- 

 cumstances, surely the appropriation of such lands to the pro- 

 duction of linseed must confer a lasting benefit not only upon 

 the tenant and the landlord, but also upon the kingdom at 

 large. 



I am, your obedient servant, 



John Warnes, Jun. 



Trimingham, March 2^th, 1844. 



No. XIII. ' 



Sir, 



Through the kind attention of a gentleman in West 

 Norfolk, the Bury Post of the 12th ult was put into my hands, 

 containing the report of the West Suffolk Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation meeting. My friend is a native of that part of Suffolk, 

 and was anxious that I should be offered an opportunity of ac- 

 knowledging the high compliment paid me on that occasion, 

 and of correcting the statements of the Rev. D. Gwilt, and 



