The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-26
AGRICULTURAL.
CuItare ana Preparation 90 flaH
10 As Editors OF the Cincinnati GaE,if,

10 tAs Editors Of the Cincinnati Gazette.
GENTLEMEN This staple which in Ire.sni
and on vauOus portions Of the Continent, Ia,
lcng been grown tosupply the maternal Tor Ln,1
Fabncs, Is prOducedIn vast quantities N m.dAr
and southern Ohio, for the seed, which finds
ready market al the numerous Oh msnufaci.-
mes established throughout the country, al puc,.
| that pay the grower somewhat less than mlghtb b
realized IN the culture Of gram OF other cIups
Small portions only Of the Int Is saved. a..
these mostly for the manufacture Of eoar.
homemade linens. Il is alledged that there BEN
no Prope1 machinery IN use Tor the pIep2IanoL
Of the ttTe, and the process beng too slow an
tedious for profitable employment Of hand lsba
IS the reason why 50 valuable a product S 10
literally wasted; this Is doubtless true, l1I
well known, that the amount Of labor besi0vst
IN Belgium for instance, where few pound,
only Is the result Of an entire days careful haSi
dressing would, al the value Of the same Won
here, nearly purchase the same weight q aI
linen.
Linen goods, now altogether imported an
from their hgh cost used only BY a few, ma,
by the application Of proper machinery, be naa-
utaetuIed at cost, which, estimsted IN pIOpO
ton to the true value In the wear Of the GODS,
should be relatively less than that Of cotton FAB
mes OF the same grade. Many Who'll have wsict
/ ed the vast Improvements the last lew veal,
have developed IN our cotton machinery, art nos
OF the opinion, that the time Is not far dsisl.
when mechanical skill shall find field for acn0l
IN the product Of facilities for the making Of In.
ems, not only TO an extent that should stop The
Importation, but at puee that viii place theil
within the reach Of all classes.
Flax Is easily grown throughout al our n0Tt1-
ern States; il raised for the seed only Il shOlt
be sOwn thin; but if the lint as well as the seec
Isto be saved, IT should be sOwn thickly, evenly
and upon well pulvensed clean soil, and gene
rally after gram crops. If a roller Is used-us
land being even and free from stOnes-the eIop
may be cut by a cradle; lew hours exposure
to the sun with occasional turning, Istesiraoie'
small bunlles should then be made, and aiei
| nppling Of the seei, by machines for the pa
pose, the stalk may be rotied by a rapid and eeI-
nomical mode which viii furnish a color AM
strength equal to the best Flemish Flax. Their
IS no difficulty in dressing the fibre by the use o.
prUper machinery, so perfectly that II will and
market at Prices that viii pay aprOht Of iIoni
$50 90 S35 per acre; whereas the SEED alone
rarely yields s1O
highly respectable and intelligent genie
man residing within 40 miles Of CInenDsn'
stated few weeks since that 100 600 bushels q
Flax seed were raised last season in the County,
and that nine tenths Of the stalk was thrown
away; the seed being got out BY thTashlng ma.
chimes, or the tramptng Of horses, eItheI q
which modes OF course, destroys the hoIe ms
seed produced the growers about S65.UUO; hae
the Int also been saved, properly prepared, lnl
sent TO Liverpool, or even New NOTk, an adj
tonal product TO the value Of at least sl5,Vo
above al cost would have been the result; an
tins Is only one out OF some twenty Counties u
this State where Flax is extensively grown
u Is supposed by many, that to insure INC 30
yield OF Int IN quality as well as qusnuiy, Flh
should be pulled so early as 10 involve me en-
tTe sacnhce OF the seed, this has been found y
those who IN Iowa and Illinois have gwen pro
per attention to the matter, to be an erTOf theis
the Flax Yields best and IS the easiest dtessSd
when the seed Is 80 nearly nPe as TO shnnk on.'
TO per cent. In this state the seed Is eqnsi'
valuable for OIL makers, and il has been found q
remain ia the stack before npPhng, an sniH'
year, without injury. \. l. W
CHANPIoN or ESsLAxD PKAs-In the sPnnE
We received Of Mr. Abel BowJiteh, OF the horn
cultural store, School street. some Of these pea
which We sowed with several other kinds for sA
pertinent. They were eaTler than the Mario~
tat, and come in soon afteI Hills EaIly. ms
peas were large, and the most tender and nae
we evertasted. We consider Il great acqai'f
tiOn.-eosfoa Csliisstsr.
BESEFIT OF ADDING CLAY on MAIL TO CAV
by LAND.-Fifteen bushels OF clay, or mar
spread uniformly uPOn every square roo =
land, Plowed under and well incorporates Win
the soil, would change its nature 10 such s =
gree that il might be called saady loan Shle1
IS the second or third best earth for gsnsi"
crops. -f' saat -
PERsskSESr CUTTING TEErH IN CoIrs.-a
colt has no permanent iacisor teeth tlii ne =
two and half years old. and thsn only ne W.
front or centre ones. -ti