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crops in that part of the country, being under the management 

 of an active and intelligent Belgian, a more valuable descrip- 

 tion of flax will be brought to market than any yet produced 

 in this country, and a stimulus, I am persuaded, will be given 

 to that extended cultivation of the inestimable flax plant, 

 which I have so long advocated as the only means of meeting 

 the wants of an unemployed population. 



I am. Sir, 



John Warnes, Jun. 

 Trimingham, Norfolk, July Srd, 1844. 



No. XIV. 



Sir, 



It will be remembered by the readers of this series 

 that I have ever invited inquir3^ and promised answers to any 

 reasonable objections against my plans for the advancement of 

 agriculture, and for the employment of the population. 



Amongst my earliest and most persevering opponents was 

 the Manchester Guardian, an organ of the Anti-Corn-Law 

 League. Through this quarter my movements have been 

 watched, garbled accounts of my proceedings published, and 

 the cause which I advocate misrepresented ; a cause that, 

 nevertheless, is surely, though slowly, advancing ; and, when 

 properly understood and supported, will inevitably render 

 nugatory the ungenerous opposition of the League. Daily 

 experience justifies this opinion ; and I desire to inform the 

 w^orking classes of Manchester, and of every other manufactur- 

 ing town, as I have already informed the operatives of Nor- 

 mch^ that my exertions are directed to the obtaining for them 

 not only an abundant supply of cheap bread, but of cheap 

 meat also. 



The League would have them believe that I aim at a high 

 price for wheat, and at lessening the means of subsistence ; as 

 will be seen by the foUomng article that appeared in the Man- 

 chester Guardian of the 9th instant ; an article in itself only 



