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thrive much more vigorously afterwards, than when sown with barley or oats. From the short time it occupies the ground—from April until August—it is possible to take a crop, afterwards, in use grass and clover have not been sown with it. Late kinds of turnips, such as stone or Norfolk globe, rape, or winter vetches, may be sown after the crop has been pulled.
It has now been ascertained by direct chemical analysis, as well as by practice and experience, that flax is not, as is commonly supposed, a peculiarly exhausting crop, but that in point of fact it draws less organic matter from the soil than most of the plants commonly cultivated.
It is, therefore, at the present time, very deserving of the attention of the British farmer, as, if extensively cultivated at home, the supply from abroad of flax, flaxseed, and oil cakes, amounting to £6,000,000 sterling per annum, could be replaced by the produce of British soil and British labour.
March 17, 1852.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by W. C. Wilson, Wyndham-street, Auckland, Printer for the said Provincial Government.
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Correspondence and Lecture on European Flax Cultivation
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