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ing to the condition and quality of the land, 

 until the first week in May ; but with it, as with 

 hemp, the seed time must be guided by a know- 

 ledge of the climate. The ground may be pre- 

 pared by a moderate ploughing, which is not 

 required to be very deep. From two and a half 

 to three bushels of seed per acre may be sown, 

 which must be harrowed in, or bush-harrowed, 

 and afterwards well rolled. When the plants are 

 from four to six inches high, care should be 

 taken to have them well weeded, and then no 

 further attention is required until the season for 

 pulling arrives : it remains on the ground from 

 twelve to sixteen weeks, and is sufficiently 

 hardy not to receive any injury from night 

 frosts. Flax and flax seed, as well as hemp, 

 may be produced in Canada fully equal, to say 

 the least of it, to what is obtained from any 

 other country; but they have always been so 

 injudiciously managed after pulling, that their 

 natural good qualities have been seriously de- 

 teriorated ; from whence one might deduce, 

 that unless a very different system be resorted 

 to, no reasonable expectation of profit from 

 growing it can be formed, and consequently 

 few endeavours will be made to extend the 

 cultivation of these valuable articles. But to 

 combat such a supposition, I feel infinite plea- 

 sure in being able to make known among my 



