The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-12-21

thick, (problbly 10 heat ard ferment IL u
turning the heads Of the plants 10 the
South, that the SUI may dr. the seed; and
in about { or Is days they make them into
bundles in orderfto be housed.--He adds,
q III that 10 the Memoirs cfthe Dublin
Society, there is description Of . Dutch
mill o dress fax, which seems 70 have
great advantages, " separating the 6bres to
admiration, without any great waste, or
straining the AJAX"
Mr.. Du Hamal (hsving told us, that in
he south OF I ance, they SOW portion OF
their AJAX in Sept. and Oct. which is 10 the
ground all the wmter,) says. that the green
est flax is sooner wa,errd Tor rated. than
that which is very ripe md that the sors
ing of the AK according to IFS. age. lis size,
nd lis qualify is important Tne bun
dies of FAX fer ripping end previous %
being watered, are tied at their upper ends
which admits the wafer 10 penetrate more
easily, than when they are tied in the mid.
die. The Tx (he says oughi 10 be water
ed as early in the au,umn as possible, while
the wateI is still warm as il cannot b. wa;
cred again I'LL the following summer.
Mr.. Du Hame toblects 70 ponds made il
marshes, as staining the fax. rhe aims
acquired in ether ponds are removed BY
bleaching, as coming only from the Ok
itself but he adds that the bes. water is
that of ponds, through which Dery small
stream passes, for larger stream is 100
cool and checks fermentation, brings along
with it mud. anc sometimes carries away
the fax. Ponds should be dug IN suIfablt
soil, be exposed 20 the sun, and if possible to
ouherly winds mud and fallen leaves be-
ing avoided ard as much sun shine and
warmth admitted as possibls.--W When The
stalks taken from the middle Of heap tha;
is watering, snap short (wihou b@ndiag J
and easily separate from the rind the wat
ering must stop, as more would tend to rol
the flax.
In Mr.. Du Hamers line, the fax H.
France was died IN stoves AS TO The breat S
end s~inglcs then IN use in France, hey
must soon disappear before he methods
now introduced there from England.--Mr |
Du Hamel however describes .psr icu4r
with great waste the Aas ws-iCA ----- Left
being : fire, and as soft IS silk but tie
yarn made of il, was covered with down,
and the cloth seemed TIRE ad-bare."
We have not neglected MIR Arthur Young
but be says but litle for our use being nm
friendly TO the cultivation Of g x In England
hough he had formerly admiued that il was
- a -, -. Ma r. 10 hrt
lax lobbing was established He adds, iha,
n one instsnce, fax threshcd N March for
seed, Being prepsred for yarn, was found 10
'equlre less watering than is common
Compare his Farme,'s Calender 81 1914,
alth his Irish Tour, edition Of 1870
A Scotch writer gives the follow ing &C
count ofthe mode OF preparing flax IS seen
by him during tour IN the manutacfur
ing districts of Iceland" in 1905 decid, DIV
preierring il to that used a. the same period
in his own country. 1t consists chi hy in
short sleeping process, prolonged gras-
sing process, and the additional lid OF fir
used in the drying. ] ne fax as soon Us
pulled was carried 10 stsgnant pool mod
era.ely deep, and there kept from 20 z
days, acCoi ding 10 the weather and alter
a certain laxity of fibre was attained, ii was
laid on the s'u66le of hay msadow for o.
A weeks; and when the adhesion Of the
woody parts of the plant % the Hay, was
sufficiently weakened. The fax was put in
70 sheaves. But this driving being held i'm
perfect, al least in moist climate like thai
of Ireland the fax WAS now heated end
smoked with great care, over sPreity strong
peat fire made in the ground being lad by
parcels on B small hurdle (ihinly wrought
with osiers.) which was fixed on wooden
posts, four ieet above the hte. Flax thus
completely dried is said to require less fric
ion liz Switching add TO su6er less loss OF
ubstsnce in cleansing. The beating aud
skutching were moreover performed by
hand as the workman, treats the flores
hat are over stepped o, over, besched. with
more delicscy. than can be exPto'ed in B
mill Ii is added that i frequently hap.
D. rs. that it TWO acres Of fax be rsised from
The same seed and soil and with the same
culture, the crop OF one acre managed ir
this mode shall be thrice as valuable, as tht
rop of the other treated differently. (Set
Memoir of the Philadelphia Agricultural
Society Vol Appendix p g; letter be
ing there copied from the E,inbuig Far
mers' Magazine Vol z 1906
DR. Lees's Cyclopedia speaks Of Deu
rofting of nsx, as pssciised IN and rou
Dorseishire 10 England but giving few
particulars-we refer for these TO DR.
Deane's NewEngland farmer (oi Georgia
Dictionary published in 1890; oonhnlu,
urselves 10 the following remarks on III