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PROFITS OF FLAX. 



Sir, 



Model Farm^ Caledon, November 29th, 1845. 



" In answer to yours of the 24th, I have much pleasure in fur- 

 nishing you with an account of the flax crop, and expenses thereon, 

 grown on the Earl of Caledon's model farm. Crop, 1845. 



£ s. d. 



" Produce of 1 acre, 1 rood, 39 perches, sold at 1 

 11*. 9c?. per stone . . . f 



Tow 



130 bushels bows, which I consider well worth ) 

 8g?. per bushel .... J 



Expenses of Crop. 

 5 bushels seed 



Weeding .... 

 Pulling, rippling, and steeping 

 Taking out of steep — spreading 

 Lifting and tying 

 Scutching .... 



£ s. d. 



3 16 6 



10 



4 3 

 2 1 



1 2 

 4 9 



8 

 4 

 8 



4^ 



55 19 7^ 



8 

 4 6 



60 14 3^ 



16 3 



Leaving a balance of 44 10 9 



Or at the rate of 29/. 13^. 10c?. per acre, after deducting all ex- 

 penses. 



" It is but fair to add, that we had to carry the flax to and from the 

 steep, on barrows, eight perches, as the steep was in a bog, and the 

 carts could not get near it — consequently, had the carts got close to 

 the steep, there would have been at least 1/. 10*. saved, 



I am. Sir, your most obedient servant, 



"John Barb, Manager. 



"y. Mac Adam, jun., Esq.^' 



The most important inferences are to be drawn from the 

 above accounts, alike advantageous to landlords, tenants, and 

 labourers, in whose prosperity every branch of the community 

 is deeply interested. 



It will be seen that the clear profit, either upon good or 

 inferior flax, is greater than upon corn; and that, under the 

 improved system, the fibre only of the former is sent to 



