On the Cultivation of Flax. 



369 



No. 



Year 1st, 



2n(i, 



Srd, 



4th, 



5tb, 



6th, 



1. 



Potatoes or 

 turnips. 



Wheat. 



Flax, 

 with clover 

 and grass 

 seeds. 



Grass-hay. 



Grazing. 



Grazing. 



2. 



Oats. 



Flax. 



Turnips. 



Wheat, 

 with seeds. 



Grass-hay. 



Grazing. 



3. 



Turnips or 

 potatoes. 



Barley, 

 with seeds. 



Grass, 

 cut for 

 soiling. 



Grazing. 



Half Flax, 

 half oats. 



Turnips or 

 potatoes. 



4. 



Potatoes. 



Wheat. 



Rape. 



Oats. 



Flax and 

 clover. 



Clover-hay. 



5. 



Flax, with 

 clover. 



Clover, cut 

 for soiling. 



Oats, and 

 afterwards 

 turnips. 



Potatoes. 



Barley or 

 wheat. 



Rye, sown 

 with 

 carrots. 



No. 



7th, 



Sth, 



9th, 



10th, 



11th, 



12th, 



1. 



Oats. 



Flax. 











2. 



Oats. 



Flax. 



Turnips. 



Barley, 

 with seeds. 



Grass- 

 hay. 



Grazing. 



3. 



Barley, 

 with seeds. 



Grass, 

 cut for 

 soiling. 



Grazing. 



Half oats, 

 half Flax. 







4. 



Barley. 













5. 















It may here be observed, that both the Irish and Flemish have 

 been grov^^ing flax at much too small intervals of late on the 

 same soil, and in consequence the yield has not been so good 

 either in quantity or quality as when the plant was grown less 

 frequently. In Ireland, flax was formerly sown always after po- 

 tatoes, but this practice has gradually been giving place to sowing 

 on wheat, oats, or barley stubble, which ensures a much better 

 quality of fibre. The crop is not so luxuriant; but very rank 

 flax never gives a fine fibre, and is apt to be lost, if the weather 

 is showery, when the plant approaches maturity. Flax does not 

 succeed well after turnips. Many persons are in favour of sow- 

 ing wheat in the year after flax, and I have known instances of 

 good crops being obtained; but this plan will of course be in- 

 fluenced by the nature of the soil, A great advantage in flax 

 culture is, the short time that it occupies the ground ; sown in 

 April, it is generally ready for pulling by the end of July. 



