Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-05-29
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i'i'is - From The N X Tribune.
, TIE CULTURE or rLAx. IN. ! ,

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I'm s5t am happy d see shay YOU frs deIgrIa;at-
sedso encourage ihccnIufsadf Fiax i'm th =
United Ssases Isee many epislles on ibis
|, suejecI IN yonr paper, some parity right, osh-
ers entirely wrong, have cultiyd,ed FlaS
in the Norsh of Ireland for number Of
years and have always been ableto compete
with ihebcsl Flax growers in ,he country
Now tho experience hayetad 10 The cul :
surc Of Flax has given me ] think, a s.lhor-
ough knowledge of The mode .ofeWeaimcrl
10 be given 10 ihal crop ip order 10 get the
Iarges. aFaonnt ofsield from the land. The
quantity Of Flax, which an acre will yield
depends on circumstances. Land in good
sla.e'fof Flax will alyays pay, whilst land
in al oyerdohe condition can neycflpaySs
The fneness or. coarseness of Flax de.
ponds On the quamity q seed scwn to,the
= ecre,it sowulhin q long coarse crop will
'be sherosalss if sowsibick yotr Flax viii
be Of a -6ne qualify, bu,- with I. less yiel,l
~
pei acre Than The ihipsowR Flax. ~
q Tie quahli.y 81 seed for an. acre must
depend ons,he 6neness ofSlhes seed. Some
Flax seed is "a great deal larger Than others,
\ and The. number Of, seeds in bushel OF
Hcoafso seed must be from cne-founh to one-
tenth less than Of fine seed Therefore the
farmer muat lake these things into consid
zeraiisn, No crop requires more utsen,ion
4 and none Will pay better if rightly treated,
hut 70 do This The farmer musl be expert.
y rnced and 10 find experience he mus, apply
TO those tha, have Is for counsel. Bat, if he
Ia cannot find any, e, him go by the bes, Of
= his Knowledge and every, year will increase
his skill in The matter. Flax requires wa
: tering from the lime il is sown 10 The lime
o Of dressing in order to treat in such way
as 10 enable the farmer 10 get al the Flax
.swithoul any loss. For Instance alier you
pus your Flax inio wafer (aud you canno,
have good Flax without wa.ering) you mus,
water il daily pn,il it is fit 10 come OUT, for
i Il remains 100 long il will all scutch ou.
in what we call tow. Ifnol wa.ered enough
: i is almost impossible TO scuich il. Tie
same may be said with regard 10 The grass.
ingsbE flax.
The time forpulling Flax in order lha,
you may have large yield depends also on
circumstances some crops will stand until
the tFlasseed ripens, others mus, be pulled
e soon after The seed bulls have shaped on The
slalks (unless seed be the object have
often seen the very bcs, crops Of Flax,
from a lack Of knowledge on the part or,he
owner, turn out hardly enough 10 pay COSTS,
whilst an experienced man can pryG. more
by the very poores! crop Of Flax than any
other crop he can sow, ysa. ~ sa5 .e
- Bun many Of your counlryi,nen complain
tba, their land is moi suited for Flax. Now
Il saQ TO such, know Of no other crop bet.
Ter suited 10 all kinds of soil. There is
however some land that will disease Flax,
bu. none Think, tia, will no, pay bel,er
sown with Flax,ban any other crop. feel
ito be my duty. having odopted tbs as my
counry,if there is any way in which can
% benefr, lis citizens 10 make il known. And !
x know Of no other way wherein my services
bawould be sousefnl as The matter here spoken
Of. should like 10 sell instructions as 10 the
raising Of Flax for cash, II there we're any
willing 10 pay for them If no. will give
Them gratis 10 whoever may desire. II ou
think these remarks worth publishing you
may do so. but hope you and your readers
will make allowances for my plumbers and
fPoortangnoge. | am Paddyite, ] came
/, from mn Island where there are, no toads and
my College education is mighty scahlty
!, Yei iIere has been knowledge found where
'itgfeai learning and .aleni did not exist, y
,.S',ss,l y. ain Sir, very respectfully yours.
- .aafaloie 5di y 20 sl' JOHN TfI0RP..
~, xxx Warren. 1,l'rumbull co.,rApril "a, 1861.
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FLAX CoTroN IN GREAT BRlTAlN.---The
London correspondent of the Commercial
: ADVERTISER says ofFIax Cotton: ~ ie,
..Tbe use Of lflax Coiion. manufactured
'goecording ,othe process of CheyaIler Claus,
sen, Is Now in progress upon an extensive
scale, al Bradford, in Yorkshire, and at Cork,
10 iceland ; iargemiH owners ai those places
having entered Sn.O eohI'aels. The princi'
lie Of The invocation by which Flax is adqp-
led for spinBing upon eonons wOos and sir
machinery. consists IN lhe destruction Of the
icy6hdrical etpyacler Of lhc. fibre by ihe tx
sbansivc power of cirbouic acid gus. The
I first process, however, is the removal OF the
psinoas matter peculiar to The plant. This
efscrd byB6iIine IL ffof thec hoars M wa.
~, containing one.haIr pr cenl, Of eonl'
\ \ mon sodu, ahcr which il is dipped in water
ahsIicbdS aciduIuted with sopburic asids--.
sThs ,Flaxss theh thoroughly saturated in
soiuiIon Of bi,carbonaIe Of soda, and being
subsequently immersed ina fola.ion of d.
rlu,.d suIphudcs acid, liberation Of gas
49,. ,,,,,.s which causeslhe tubes ofwhieh