The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-25
Tho Growth and Cultivation Of Flax IN the
UTs1ted States.

Tho Growth and Cultivation OF Flax IN the
Uroted States.
MEETING OF TIE FARMERS CLuB or TIE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE.
There was an interesting meeting OF the Par ners
Club, Of tbs American Institute, Tuesday last R
I. Underhll, OF Croton Point In :hs chair; He ary
Meigs, Secretary.
The CHAiasAH announced that aan was the exeiu
sive subject FOR discussion and proceeded to remerk
that the form OF the bre Of is round while tina.
Of cotton is nat These facts shown by high meg
nitJng powsrs Flax, when finely prepared, feel,
much like sla and makes q splendid and deli yhtfe,
cloth cool, g-eat conductor OF heat susceptible Of
the finest aod fastest dyes of superior durability aud
suitable to the largest portions OF the globe
and the temperate regions We must apply our genius
to the question cf rendering IL cheap cotton for
1t viii grow IN vast regions where cotton cannot
II do not hasten the worll will be before us in
garments o. ane Hren. 1t would be great triumph
for II set the world the examp pie OF supply
Ing mankind, By machinery, with It, chesp as cot
ton. vast new field Of industry will bs opened for
u.s. and our rapidly groSns popul alton require It. and
all new avenues for prosperous progress.
The Aax fibre, combined wit. cotton, wool. or
with silk, increases greatly their durability and
strength Formerly raised large quantities Of Tax
seed for export. Nov so low is the price farmers
give up rafting IT. but. the price Is rising nov 1t
will be more extensively cultivated. We must use
both the stalk ad seed IL 1t is said that ths
fibre Is more delicate II the aax be pulled b.fore the
seed is matured.
President TILLsApSE remarked that this rubjsct Is
one which has assumed peculiar portance and beg
to rubmit n few remarks upon It, AS hax now pre-
sents itself, SIS probably capable OF being maaufac-
tured by machinery like cotton, as to become cheap
and commsn. lise that, aud as linen spinning aud
Wis In stio all
pear in England to Cisussen and to Dolsnd for
machinery, must now try Der strength. Fas sa al
host. @ooeri-it Is lawful to learn from our rivals
Ii stands in haLd to look abount US, instead
OF occupying our time with politics and Office seek
ing. We look oot fer the fsrsesrching rivalry OF
experimental farms seeking for Gotten gro wing eli.
mates and soils end every other mseral TO which
IT, Its ius that as yet We grow cotton better THAI
almost any portion OF the globe. We have about
nax Is isI to all the civilized world reschn lar
nth and far south. Flax may roon become Q com.
psttor With, CT superior TO, c'tton wish to awaken
my country from its 1thsrgy this subject Let the
Institute commence by awarding suitable prem ums;
let IL cell on the State and the general
to take he after aud excite TO action
France In the Gays OF poleons prorperity offered
premium Of million OF francs tor the sd uing Of
srowsf bsr two objects. /. the sSrs and the ohsr
the iced. Fer raising the seed follow ths books:
plough deep In rich and we'll ranured soils; sox thin,
much and good reed II you plant for the dbrc lees
rich soil sown thicky, gives single stem slender sad
OF hner fabric Bone say that IL you 90 for crop OF
reed you may as well give up all hope OF the f6re
Eons men, as old as am, will r.colcct the grsa.
qusnity f nax seed formerly exported while nov
by last years report the United States exported only
about four thousand dollars rth In 1915 ports
lad already fallen beiow million OF bushels, whrn
fsx s grown then comes the hard and costly labor Of
pulling IL by hand That will longer for us
IL Is net ht fer our people. will not permit, II
q N ut n r q 4 NJ usr of ,h.r
countries; but IL We apply genius TO the work
give almost life TO ensns,-puli spin and wssv. the
asx with machine power, at the low prioe of cotton,
am for IL, with all my heart and all my seal
The CnAinM.S ssid. l am told that GAx has already
L.en reaped like wheat.
President T.LLaApor continued In the sowing Of
fax iced we have in one important point been aheai
Of Europe-thst is n oEr mode Of rolling 1t. the
beet etbods of rottibg separating the tbT,. Sc
have not made Misunderstanding 10 hot water
vats in cold water, sIsgnant uu~holesoms water dew
rotting SC. J merely wish TO call public notice to
ell thi, to stimulate inquiry; for England at this
moment, boasts OF having patented better methods
which perform the WORK OF week or months In fe~
phed; but am persuaded that she desirss to fore
stall our inventions, and make US think IL unuec's
covsred and when succesd she will thss claim them
a. ksrs urge my countrymen TO proceed with invsn
.Sns aopo, ~ ~ W.. nr r ~. gsf
vsntion CT magnitude TO dispense with the r0tting By
cracking nax dry, 70 obtain the pur. hbrs. He vas,
90 far entirely sucecssful but after cloth made
81 Il, Of seeming purity and exsel.nce. the ciotn
teing placed In ooset, turned OF dark color md 10
was found rottiug aud ruined Here mysterious
acetous fern. nt.tcn. hitherto unsu, pected by Mr
Dey-th&t which would have been taken out by the
old plans ofrotiins nov came out h existing In the
nbre, the destroyer OF th- woven linen. Str. D.y's
oef by this iaore from this csu1e, about twenty
a toussrd dollars Chemistry is 20 be called upon 10
this work let her etep for sard TO aid Ia this vast
movement, or tc sjsctsd From the seed wp have the
al cefs which we eend TO England q f,tten cattle
th'ro ittsgood ior inst bot when tired uPon 90 70
the effect OF the oil the milk Is q, II LAMP oil had
been tpilled In the milk psil. This eject Il psrcsv.
cd wb,n the COW has eaten the oil cake Two says.
Our imports of linen in 1919 exceeded eight MILL
a collars In order to lul US into quiet Epgsnd
frysfhe has mixed fax with cotton succersfully by
cut nv IN. dbrs of the former 70 short lengths but
mu,t beleve that whsn cut, there will b. obture
heads nd points 20 It. aud ts strength thereby vitist
ed. Eut We must do the work by mschinery Sons
ray that pounding he FAX renders ID fner and softer
and az for stiruirR Suffice II 70 ssy, the long
lax nbre ha, required human fingers TO spin ~ We
have lately seen q wonderful mschne--Hoss ptnsin
rre's- delivering. in one hour, With speed almost
teyopd Observance. twenty thoussuG cop les Of q
pswspstsr per h6ur, u,ng is nerves aud fingers with
supethuman accuracy e- well as velocity. Here |,
evidence ~ what cen be dcne By mschinery. whs
,hsll doubt the poser Of American genius 70 inven
equal powers for other rurroses' should succeed
in rtippirg and weaving asx q. We nos do cotton ",
may have even Egypt snd the world at our fe-t 81
within my memory our h.x seed vas 81 such char
The required, even n her dear Inland for gro~ing he
nsx. b.csuse siro her own eesd would srs ser sh
US st an early day she put into the school Of sd
vrtity, and " turned out TO be the bsst cslieg
for ell other purposes fhe could have rent We 70
Her restrictions realntt our commsrc- and ou
industry taught us the love Of liberty. IL wa
r.rsscution nEd the hres q emitbG-ld whict
lsarntd Ne the wisdom and the value of tolerston
IL we hsd be.n cherished BY her like rich msns so3s
sbould have proved the usual fate Of too ten
/ Derby dealt With. IL well for to have beer
s6ucsed in that school ot adwr-ity We already set
/ ir cur approaching manhood, what ttemen6ous oon
| aitptk n We have recei eiyed-what q ps-stion amnne
| the po~erful nations We have already obtained
France aas hssa zone lIoe yesrs In arriving at hei
position In the civilized vor'o snd Stan ssout ts'
or twelve hundred yssrs In Fsning Der attitude vhu
the Unit.d Rtsts fresh from the school of sdvers,y
has in orty seventy yesrs gained her place smoss VI
nstiors OF the ssrth The asx pisnt gives q certsi
1 parasite "a don mean pe1iticsl onel q chancs
climb bis item vhich the rArsse aiways avsils hir
t,.foI M an the ser rter weed called ths sas al