New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-09
Wheat and Flax-Ffax CuItur--New Dress
inz ,Iaohsne-Far,ners- Library-FIax Cul-
tire in Ireland.
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FAILS Ni1GAEA July 81 I-45.
saw on MIR Sheryoo,is farm what may p. com
mon IL tbs state hut WIS new io 7: nay l. WORTHY
1 imitation under Ike circumstances. lis Nhcz had
been vn;e: killed end THROWN out so ,lai 1lauy spaee.
bare AID would have heeI lii 70 cross up n foul
-ras= md vesz To tacse n entertained CT teTsr
a1tgs.hy and carries on against them deadly way
fare Tie ezpedient Re fol up1u N this czse was 70
sow oycr the whole ac5 ID That eaec,aaIlT aei
uP al vacant spaces and kept dowa al ao&ioEs crow,h
10 sass ITO TAX seed and wheat may &c soften oft to
-ether aud easily separated IN Tie common process %:
cleaning IS Tor me so; fbrs Of the Ia the com
mon system IN this country < / undsrs;aHd 10 llrgr
that d1oog There something rcirNrks, in the stats
tcs Of this srticc From the int-, z N New
York the aye-a-e product n .-ii was but ~ pounds
per wc Il has bccn shown that ~ mag %
made % produce from ~ % 800 pounds Is th.rs any
thing than this n Southern husbanGryl How
much * thrown agsay and lol OF the nf from tho dear
OF labor N TIE handling and perhaps know
cd-e OF vi .apcI-.v1g machinery IN the prcIY1Yar
FOR n!arsct u u impossible TO say here j. by the.
by valuable papcF N the August number oi your
Farne5s Library on the subject % GL cafrc -erer-
zIv and The preparation Of il manufacture wiz an
interesting tabular statement from work the ~
tr- OF ttf Rhine II i there stated hy the author NJ
btudeid ;nst machine OF stmpe construction and dc
uardlne l,te outlay has been invented hr NJ. Kuths
OF Lpp. Dstmod which Affords -ain OF mtg pc-Cens
which he saws a. IN The case OF the Th-csh!n. Ms
chine, i OF importance single mOTccn. about
thrcequarfer- u acre. but on 30 mur-ens the saw
in. amounts 10 no loss than $500. one OF thcse ma
chimes dressing flax for :on for hole Heishborhood
might prove profitable the proprietor and great con
yeuicnce 10 the public
yrei; cLtaHSt7 and Ii may be when cultivated ex
clIsIvey t0y the :cd The seed sold oil the land and
all the rest thrown away. You may serve OF the
country readers OF your Weekly paper by giving place
m M. from IN.
brdry for this month work by-theby, which ought
be read and studied for amusement and inctyuctiop
by every young man in America who expects ever 70
be culiiyaior OF the soil, who feels Interested in
American Agriculture. Whatever may be NJ position
profession. You viii Ind the extract TO which refer
IN the August number, pages o. and a.
Dr.. Kane laid la lie felt great pleasure n scceding
M BacAers request that BE- aout endeayor Npain
the Farmers present the principles upon whic! the
ploynenl OF the refuse OF me FaN crops - manure
posed II Is really very simple anu He lei' >atished TINT
that ueigh6crhood. where mEch activity and iniel
gcnce applied the improvement OF Agriculture
required that the TeGsOuaheEcs al any practice should
be shown in order that adoption practice sri be
cured Every Farmer present WIS aware that crops
bn,,.J tbe soil: that The plants OF ground
number OF materials and tba; il necessary 10
f,Triiy therefore the ni.uure which Farmer pus In
with or before LIS seed decree, the material
which the grow crop ts. made IL Is Just much
part Of The plant a. the seed Itself Wien the Farmer sells
and Sends away his grown crop be used for food in
the OF Wheat, Oats or Potatoes he thereby sends
away and sell. The eSscnc. OF the manure which he bad
pot the ground, aud. H he thus gets pad ;uT the
m H. MN - - ~; - - ~. do. IN, in , 49,. 80
way Now IN the Flax, there = the important pc
ciiary That not eaten; ani heac. does not return 10
land any IN Tie ordinary way while taaes
that II L. really very eNhgustins crop # we only look
The growing Oft BIt tire Flax crop differs from other
crops his-thst the value OF Oats Potatoes and all
food crops, depends "a they iaAe out Of the ground
while The valuable part OF the Flax i The tine fibre,
thread which has ekeu nothing 81 ne ground II you
burn buude Of fax straw Il VIII ieaTe behind
large quantity Of whe ashes which consist OF the differ
II YOU burn away bundle "i "e!Idtesse1 aA' y WI.
leave no ashes. Now, what hgs become Of the ashes -
They have evidently been carried Oft With The waste parts
o. Tie plant n TIE Sleeping and dIeslh ny are RIo"
Rway Bud yet they materials % which the plant lad
robbed the soil, and winch should be gwen back 10 me
SOIL IN order 70 keep nj It's fertility 10 the practical
Farmer II therefore, OF the greatest importance 10 recci
lee, this principle lla. Tie fibre valuable part Of the
Flax formed by the exhaustion II the sul bal hat
te materials which the plant takes the soil all
found the t-epwater ana the chan and that II these
he f..tue 10 Inc sol they " III restore H. fertility aud
Farncr am aware thnt Thee afe many persons here
ready speak the practical use OF Flax sp-we alter
manure shall therefore rest satisfied win having
stated the principle Oh which rests The Flax crop
can be rendered e all cxhhustinE by proper
OF residue, but II must he recol!ected
ha unless these reslduss economical III. Flax
crop /. one OF the tie land can haze. and
that the loss OF substances 10 NE sou Is dcley greater
than with Il Corn or Potato crop
la 1910 there were in the United States but CPS per
sons in any way employed III Flax husbsnd.y-ceptal
invested but >A6Soo7 Eighteen States put down in
the Census bicik Query is not here an opening tor
enterprise and tor dyeruns some Of the labor and nec
uuIiy OF the country from Cotton and Gram, already
produced 10 ruaous The subject IL at least
worthy inquiry Is every thing which may diversity
agricultural cmpoyments rendering each one thereby
more profitable.
Is much better as this whole subject understood in
Ireland than in this country yet there. not satisfied
with the great Improvements which have been realized
BIZ the establishment OF FiGr improvement N7cioy
at one OF the meetings OF that very Society
It i stated that
The assistant a2rculiursl-. lately appointed, We're
called IN and examined. with yIe~ 10 the selection
of some from among them, b. sent 10 Belgium tor the
Iltrpo,e If sbtijans aforH,ito" MI JOAN Hogan, OF
near iIisbcrcnrh Couniy OF Down Nr JAMES McAree'
~ lyman. County Armagh and Mr VIM. James o Hara,
OF Bfouphshanc County Antrim, were selected. and VIII
nrc, 10 The. Continent HE latter end OF June, where
bey will meet Secretary, and be pl-ced N he dis
,rici most celebrated for the culture Of Flax They VIII
bsv. talc before crop ready Tor pulling 10 Ireland
10 witness the operations % Pst!Hs, rTTHr HeeIns and
-r,n- o, tie flen5i l,Hn, We'll Tie watering OF
as wears crop, saved the coiutfai niethcd and tho
puliirg and stacking Of ihs wears crop the
lem The sum ot 10 each allotted, Tor tleir Iavel
Ing expense
/. American enterprise to be proVe!bi4 throughout
the world in every thing except -42yicaltret \.