438 



£. s. d. £. s. d. 



Brought forward 40 0 0 



Produce in the second case : — 



Coarser flax, 30 stones, at 8s 12 0 0 



Grain or seed, 26 bushels, at 7s 9 2 0 



Refuse, say 0 12 0 



21 14 0 



Difference £18 6 0 



Deduct Ij bushels of seed less sown, at 8s... 0 12 0 

 „ 40 stones less flax, scutching, &c., at 



Is. 6d 3 0 0 



„ sundry other expenses, say 2 0 0 



5 12 0 



Total greater value of the thick sown, per acre...£12 14 0 



To which difference may be legitimately added something 

 for the extra exhaustion of the land consequent upon an 

 extra quantity of seed being produced. But, again, another 

 very material advantage ensues from having a thick crop 

 upon the ground, in the weeds being smothered, and the 

 much cleaner condition in which the land is thereby 

 left. At present, I believe, the price of dressed flax 

 varies from £40 up to £120 per ton, or from 5s. to 15s. 

 per stone of 14 lbs., according to its fineness, colour, and 

 quality. 



This discrepancy or inequality proceeds, in a great measure, 

 from mismanagement, and hence the great scope that exists 

 for improvement, and encouragement held out for attaining 

 excellence in its production and preparation. I confidently 

 believe that in almost every instance in which loss has been 

 sustained in the growth of flax, it has arisen from the grower 

 either not having had the means, or not having possessed the 

 skill, necessary for conducting the operations in an adequate 

 manner. Let the attention of intelligent and enterprising 

 mechanics be once drawn to the requirements of the farmer, 



