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1807.) On the Gulture of Flax. 151

expense,: than that now incurred by the annual valuation of tithes, as Should the proposed regulation be once effected, the business would be Settled for ever, but under the preSent System, the Surveyor or valuer's business is continued from year to year;.and if that system Should continue, will be from generation to generation. An equivalent in land, must cer- tainly be a more Solid property than utbes. Land may be Improved in any degree, by good management and industry; tithes Quctuate or Sink in value at the will of the cultivator. I think Some Such commutation as this may be easily effected, and that all parties would be pleazed with he alteration."

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ON THE CULTURE OF FLAX FOR DIFFERENT USES AND MANUFACTURES. To'the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine. SIR,

THE methods detailed below are those which have been found to answer in the best manner in the County of Ar- gyle, as given by the intelligent author of the Agricultural State of that district.

1 am, yours,&c.

A. B.

T is Suggested that as the culture of flax is not yet well

understood by the greatest number of those who raise it in this county, il may be proper to give a few directions on the Subject. Care must be taken to have good Seed, plump ftresh, and of a Shining colour. The brighter in colour amd the heavier the better. That which, when bruised, appears of a light or yellowish green, and fresh in the heart, oily and not dry, and Smells and tastes well, and not fusty, may be depended upon. That from Rz:ga is reckoned the best. Dutch Seed is also reckoned good. But if the.Seed come from America, it Should be from the provinces to the north of Philadelphia. Choice must then be made of Suitable ground forit. A deep Sandy loam, in good heart, elean and well pulverised, is the best.[It anzwers well on rich ley ground, as it will be free from weeds; or after 4 g00d crop ot turnips, potatoes, or other cleaning crop.

The Seed Should be Sown when the ground is neither too wet or too dry, and harrowed in like c/over, with a Short teethed harrow, after the ground has been first broke and Smoothed by another harrow. This will prevent any of the Seed from going too deep, and make it come up equally. It is better to sow ratber thick than thin; for if too thin, it will

“ branch; and the goodness. of the crop will- depend on its

running into long fine talks without branches.