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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 279, 22 June 1860, Page 3

FLAX GROWING IN CANADA. Me. Hespeler, in his replies to the questions of the Hamilton BoarS of Trade relative to the produce of the year, states that in Waterloo county the growth of flax is extending and that the crop this year is very fine. This is as it should be, and the farmers of Waterloo will find the enterprise most profitable; for while it is difficult to realise §1 per bushel for the best of wheat now, flax is selling at a high, price, being worth in England §300 to $350 per ton.

We learned the other day thafc Mr. Hespeler is about to put up a mill for making linseed oil, if indeed he has not already done so. There will thus bo no waste of produce, and the seed as well as the fibre of the flax raised here can be utilised. We wish others besides the Waterloo farmers Would turn their attention largely to the cultivation of flax and hemp. Those who are afraid of tEe wheat midge would find the flax the next bfst thing to wheat. It requires'care to grow it well and prepare it for market in proper condition ; but that i 3 a quality which ought to be displayed in cultivating any other thing.

We subjoin a portion of a letter written to the Free Press by a Mr. Godfrey of Delawere. He says:—"Had I been sure of obtaining a sufficient quantity of flax for the English market, I, as well as other agents throughout the colony, could have obtained orders for some thousands of tons. The price is now from £60 to £70 sterling per ton in England. I have seen some specimens of growing flax, unfortunately in but small patches, equal to that grown in Ireland and on the continent. I intend to forward samples of the lint to my mercantile friends in England, and would invite' growers to send some specimens to me P. 0., LanAetb, late Junction, Westminster, near London, C.W- (post-paid), that I may select the finest for that purpose."—#«»»&<?» Spectator. .