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rendering a crop of flax infinitely less exhausting than wheat 

 in one of the above constituents, and only one-third as ex- 

 hausting of the other. 



Again, according to the reports of Mr. Warnes and Mr. 

 Dickson, experience teaches that flax is not a particularly 

 exhausting crop, in as far as they affirm that very fine crops 

 of wheat are produced after its introduction, in the rotation ; 

 which, from my own personal observation, I can confirm, in 

 the instance of a most luxuriant and heavy field of wheat, 

 under those circumstances, on the farm of my friend, Mr. 

 John Moore, of Moor House, near Ackworth ; and the 

 general fertility of the land is also much increased by the 

 consumption of the seed on the premises, as food for cattle. 

 The mode of using linseed for this purpose is, to form a 

 compound of about J lb. of crushed seed or meal, and J lb 

 of barley, bean, pea, or Indian corn meal, made or cooked 

 into a porridge, and then mixed with chopped hay or straw. 

 I calculate that this compound is equally as cheap as linseed 

 cake, and its nutritive and fattening powers are, I believe, 

 found to be superior, as testified by Mr. Warnes, Mr. Mar- 

 shall, Mr. H. S. Thompson, and others. The following I 

 consider a fair estimate of the average cost of the compound 

 per ton ; — 



£. s. d. 



40 stone of linseed, at Is. 6d. per stone, or 



48s. per quarter 3 0 0 



120 „ bean, pea, barley, or Indian corn 



meal, at Is 6 0 0 



Cost of labour and fuel 0 15 0 



Total 160 stones. £9 15 0 



Which amount is full as low as the average cost of a ton of 

 linseed cake ; and for an article the genuineness of which 

 may be insured by the consumer, which is, unfortunately, 



