The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

P.ROSP.ACTS OF. Tif FLAX CROP.

Mr. John Boyle, of Leeds, in a letter to the
Belfast Mercantile Journal, says :—.Elavine• a day
to spare, anti being mo-t anxious to take Aserva-
dons in one locality of County Antrim how the
crops appear, from different seeds, I did so last
w. ek. I am delighted at the appearance, but sorry to
find thtt so tew hive so am, especially as compared
with last season. -In the following parishes—Tern-
plepatrick, Kolbride, Donegore, and
Antrim—the crop is fully equal to any I have ever
seen, growing from 34 to 44 inches long, and the
colour gener.slly vary good yellow, and fine in the
straw, and what is of great moment for fine fibre,
' few ,bolls on the tops. If properly handled from
this time,-a very good quality will be secured for
the spinner. The crops will be pretty equally ripe
in two or three weeks. When I asked the peoele
who hod sown it had they their bards of rushes
prepared for binding from the field to the mill, not
one of tht m had any prep !ring, as in former times,
whiTh ri.glect will 10-,efuly two stones to the acre ;
arid lying wirh flax lards ough!, not to be, as every
stalk lest is to-s ere t lid to•sell. Being a seller of
flixseed from England. asd having saved my seed
these.four years for ssviieg in Irish soil, I was most
anxious to follow out the growth, by juciging from
comparison, and a few who sowed my seeds with
other sorts are fully satisfied. A friend has pro-
mised to give the result of produce from the scotch-
mill. I want British produ,re, if possible, to answer
all our islanls, so as to enable us to keep our
mou-y at home.
Many farmers have said they regret not having
a quantity-sowed this year, as, to all appearance,
it will be a paying crop. Now, as to my observa-
tion I find that the crops on stubble laud are the"
best of ~asy, ripeeing yellow, which is said to pro-
duce most weight and finest titre. I may mention
names, that parties ierterested' may see and judge for
them-elves. Mr. Tirol. Shaw, •Billypalidy ; John
Milford, Springvale ; Mr. William., Fisherwick ;
Joh s Gawn, Donago:e; Ad rin Gray; Danadry; the
!set r 11 id a tine crop of wheat gro wing on the land
that his flax was on last year, which proves that flax
stub`!]thel
ia'disi'Stotriedyrimghatni:,ogtealtiN‘rell
o,nfaofrte wheat, previded-
r the flax is off,
s-
and where oats or b trl y was before fl ix.
I 'understand Mr. Geolge Miners has a splendid
crap of flax, from seed that he got from me, in the
ne'ghbeurhood of Ahoghill, of which he will give
at dr report, after scutchieg, as to profit, &c. -
A lirele mechanic ii skill should be applied to
farming as it is to manufactures, and it is to be
hovel cl.at theowoers of the soil, landlords, agents
and all .in.tersted, u ill attend to the wants of im-
provement better than they have done, and not
peralit other nat'ons io get ahead of them.
In England, where many more implements are in
• use than- here, but which can be inaport4l, • and
manufactured here, theypair their stubble land the
day after their cro s are rem we 1.- No weeds ate
ptrtritred to grow, and no hiug but the crop sown
is to be sr,en on their land ; every weed they &Big-
, n ate a robber, an 1 extirpate it at the proper season.
Farmers ! takie my r>clvice and look i:ov to the land
that you in end for fl-‘x next year, and prepare in
time, and then a good crop mty be expected. I am
moat anxious Viet the linen trade be supported by
the farmers in Ireland, then the best cu,tomers,
froin 1 thourer a to m chanies' will consume at your
own door all you have to sell.
. One [licit more to the landlords and their agents
and I have d no.
I have meditated on the condition of the three
islands, and the amount of capital in circulation
compared from stet. stical figures, viz., England
trot 26/., Seal old Mt,- but Ireland his only 4/ a
head f, r the p Tula ion, which shows that she is far
I.ehind, and must exert herself in improvements
The report., f Selt i-loert Kane States tha Ireland
has water power goinq to loss equal to the whole
steam powerbf Eirglarid. Think of this before your
;An ng sons of E in emigrate to work in foreign cli-
ra Isere I be iev'a I act as the farmers' friemd. in
giving you this advice. The acivo'cate and frond
f the agricultural labourers' classes is machine:llr,
wide!) you must keep going instead of si:nding
mill-
owners to the Continen tto support a people who tax
our yarns and linens 40 to 60 per cent., made from
their o wn flax.-

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EARLY WHEAT, eze.—ABIg(IDON MARKET,
,Monday.
--To-day we bad a sample of new wheat offering, the
wl-bob of-the piece carried and threshed ; quality fine,
and the lid. I very good ;
also sense new pea and seve
red samples of new seed,. There will be a grew quin-
tity of corn carried this week if the weather keeps fine.
The cr,pl remarkf!.blv good..
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,
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