568 / 1042
F L A
602 )
F L A
C1flh, amI fo
expol~s
it Ihe more equally to Ihe wea-
1her. \Vhoo fueh healh is OOt
10
u~
gOl, I,ok" or
ekan old lea-grouod is Ihe oexl bel!' Loog glaf, –
grouod, fllOuld be ""oiJed, as the
gr.fsgrowin& tluo'
the liot frequently fpOIS, teodm, or rOls it; aod
grouods
exp~f(J
to
,'ioltnt wiods r.loultl alCo be a–
\'oided.
The flax, IVhen takeo OUI of the waler, mufl be
Cpread very thio upon Ihe grouod: anJ ucing then
very
tend~r,
it mu/t be gently haodled. The thiooer
it is (pread Ihe bemr, as it is theo themore equally eX–
pofed to the IVe::ther. DUI it oughl oever 10 be (pread
duriog a heavy
Ih~wer,
as thal would IValh aod wa/te
the hule
toÓ
mUlh, whieh is theo exedlivcly tender,
bUI (000 afler beeolUes fi rmcnough tO bear Ihe raios,
whieh, IVilh Iheopen air 30d funlluoe, cleaos, (ofteos,
and purifies Ihe hade 10 the de¡:rce IVaoled, aod makes
il bliller from the boon. In Ihort, afler Ihe flax has
gOt a liltle firmne(s by beiog a few hour, (prcad iodry
wealher, the m"re
r.ioaod fuolhioe il gm Ihe beller.
Ir
Ihere be
lilll~
daoger of high wiod< carrying off
Ihe flax, it will be mueh Ihe beuer of beiog luroed
about ooee a-week. If il is oot 10 be turoed, il
oughl to be very thin (pmd . The fpreadiog of Bax
;nd hemp requires a deal of ground, and eoriches it
greatly.
ellily gel beIOI" the liDl 10 blow il away: aod as the
crop-colls are fdJom fo fully walered as the rool.
e~Js,
lhe afO! ¿ aid ovcrl.lppiog has ao elfefl like gi.
vlOg Ihe crop-eous more walclln3. Er.perienee ooly
CrtO
fully lmh a p rfilO Ihe fi&ns of nax beiog fuRi–
ci~ody gr"f[~u
: lhen il is of a clemr eolour Ihao foro
merly; Ihe harle is bliflmd up, and eafily paru wHh
the booo, whieh is lhen beculIle very brinle. The
whole Olould be fuffieiendy graf[cd before aoy of il is
liflcd; for if a pan be lifl,d fooner than Ihe reO, Ihal
IVhieh renuios is in greal daoJer from Ihe winds.
Aury day oughl 10
b~
lakeo for lakiog upthe
O~x;
and if there is 00 appear,oce of high wind. il fhould
be loofed from the h,'lh or grafs, aod leflloo(e for
fome hours,
10
make il Illoroughly dry.
As a great quanlily of flax ca o feareely be all c.
qually wJlered and
gr~f[~d,
and 3S the dilferent qoa·
lilies will befl appm al liflinó Ihe n.x of[ Ihe erafs ;
thmfore al Ihal lime each difl'mn, kind fhoold Le
galhered IOgclher, aod kepl by ilfelf; thal is, all uf
the (,me eolour, lenglh, and qll.lity.
The (maller Ihebeets liol is made up io, Ihe bemrfor
dryiog, and Ihe OIore eoovenienl for flaeking, houCing,
&c.
and in making up Ihefe bms, as io every ol"er
opemioo upoo fiax, il is of greal confequeDce Ih.1
Ihe liul be bid logelher as il greIV, the rool·eDds 10·
gether, ,nd Ihe crop-ends IOgelher.
The Ikilful flax·cai(er (preads his 6rn row of Bax
21 Ihe eod of the field oppofile 10 Ihe point from
fromwheoce Ihe mon violent wiod commonly comes,
plaeing the
root-e~ds
foremon; he makes IherooNods
of every other row overlap the crop.ends of Ihe form–
cr row three or four inches, and biods dowo Ihe lan
row IVitb a rope; by whieh means Ihe ",ind does nOI
Ofl"pillg
FLAX
a/ter ir il graffid.
NOlhing needs
be
faid here, but thal ir the flax is 10 be f1aeked, it fhould
be fel in anairy place, upon a dry foundadon, fuch as
pob·middiogs, or Ihe like, aod ",ell covered from the
wealher; and if hou(ed, the fl?or
muf~
be dry, aDd
Ihe houfe well aired, aod water-ti&hl.
Fol/1'IJJI an Eflilll.r. oflh, Exp,nc" ProduCt, and Profil Df a Scoll am Df FLAx ,-fuppojing Ih. /tafon
fa vOIIrablt, Ih41110 accidcnlallo/u happen, and Ih.1 Ih, farlller il n.-ilher unJkilfu/ nor n'glig"'l.
A
An txlracrdi"a,¡
A
rlldium'erop.
gual eroJ.
m/,.
Ground-renl, labouring Ihe ground, and leading Ihe flax
1.
2 10
o L. 3
10
o L.
5
o o
Linúeed from
1.
2
10 L. 4
per
hoglhead, the medium
3
S.
4d.
p,r
peelt.
Clodding and (owing
Weediog
Pulling, rippling, puning in, and covering in the water
Taking out of the waler, graffing, and n.cking
:Breaking, and fcutching, at z
S.
pa
f10ne
1
16
8
for 11 pecks
o
2
o
O 12
o
O 14
o
o
8
o
3
o o
for 30 nones.
1 10
o
for 9 pecks.
o
2
o
O
8 o
o
15 o
o
12
o
4
o o
for 40 f1ones.
1
6
for 8
pec~s.
o
2
O
nOlhing.
1
O
o
o
18
o
6
o o
for 60 flones.
TOlal
expenc~
L. 9
8
L.
10 17
o 1.
J.¡
6 8
Produce al
l OS.
pa
none
Lintfeed fold for oil al
I S.
per
peck
L-:-¡-s
-o-e
t::-2o o
-o
L~;-Oo
for 30 flooes. for 40 nooes. for 60 flooes.
o
16 o
o
18
o
o o
The chall' of the bolls is
WfU
wonh the expeocc
of drying the feed; as il is good foou, boiled and
I
mixed wilh beer, for horCes.
TOlal produce L. 15 16
o
~~~IL.
31
o
~
BalbDce for profil
L-:-6-14--
L.
10
1
o
L.
16 13 4
TbCle