Old and new crops of the West, by A. W. Ling and Ralph Wightman
Flax for sails and hemp for rope were old-time crops grown through the ages in the West of England. The King's ships sailed the seas secure and lovely with sails set that had sprung from West-Country soil; and the hangman's noose was once known as the Bridport Dagger.
A. W. Ling, of Bristol University, has been broadcasting on farming from the West for years. Ralph Wightman is well known in Dorset farm circles.