New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
SHALL WE GROW FLAXs

ton 10, Shall we grow flax I
This question has long since been answered by n
msiority of Northern farmers nth u most decided
No. at costs too much hard work to grow and
dress fax. nearly broke my back when was n
boy, pulling and spreading flax; and oh how my
bones ache now at the thought Of that old fax-brake
in my fathers barn, with It's bard, dirty work. No,
Sir, won't raise flax; had rather buy cotton
True, that saving clause was msds when cotton
cloth was sx pence "A yard; but tho man lives on in
hopes that that good time will come again, and does
not grow lax 1t il true, that Of late be has listened
more patiently TO Lis wiio's suggestion than be
would five years ago, when shc ,ays, :" Don, you
think, husband, that we had better grow little
flax Cotton cloth is so dear, and the boys are
20, ing very shor. Of shirts, and really, must have
seine new sheets next year. If We only bad some
flax to WORK ny next WinIerl'
"woll, really, yes, I spose soi bot darn that old
brake That's what / an thinking o., with NY
rheumatic shoulder"
"wty husband, Sam. says that he would brake
and dross the fax if father would grow it,
"Iook here, wife, uivsr shall re, - Of my
boyr in hir teens At that work while can remember
the ZANE period Of my own lie. We have machine
to now aud reap, and thrash and winDow, and the
grindstone even runs on rollers by tread Il tie
foot Whenever we can have machine 20 break
fax I'll grow H. yoa may be sure Of that for It 10
good crop and not lad work to grow il. Beside.
believe in Northern farmer. being htle more
independent Of slave labor. Yes, indeed, will
for one grow fax ~ az ! can be assured that
there il a machine con,ryed that don't costa fortune
and need a whole miil-power TO work II, and that a
man can use without endangerug biz life, tina, will
brake fax without wasting hail. aud costing more
than the crop 1. worth H. clean II Then. tell you,
we shall grow FAX"
Then we tell yoa TO buy tho iced, prepare tic
ground by thorough. deep glowing, this Aaismn. o.
that the irosts Of Winter will mellow !, Ne no other
process can, and In the opening Of 1864 you will 'ow
your seed, ana We, the farmers Of al! lie faxsrow-
ing States, viii grow tax.
The machine that you call for has been invented.
II vas patented in September 1867 II was further
mIroved and re-paieuted In April, 1868. foi 1t Is
no, something still 70 be ted-ssll ~ be proved. IL
ia proved. A hundred have been built and put
in operation upon tho crop grown In 1861 and 1862
and eighty men, with all the appliances Of modern
machinery, are now a, work building machines. to
where the machine is a success. We saw the fret
model built, aud spoke Of it then in tho same terms
that We speak Of il to-day, after seeing It 10 opera
ton, doing its perfect work, driven by steam power
and by hand Tor there are three sres one Of which
can lie operated by hand but would be much more
efec,ua II attached, ss it can be, TO small horse
power.
This machine IL known as Sanford & Mallory's
Portable Flax ani Hemp Dresser" Tie largest
size occupies abou. Ms much space as u tbra'hing
machine without the eeaner-say hve feet square
and may weigh 800 be, and requires the Eight
labor Of two men to break ,un Of nax a day, more
perfectly than 1t is possible TO do it by hand aud us
we'll as any other machine that We have over seen
or heard Of, and absolutely without any waste OF
aber. Tia, our opinion Il not unsupported, let US
prove by tho very beat witnesses. In lees than
wear ninety eight Of these machines have been Sold
and nearly all put in OPERATION in the following .o
cations:
In the State Of Nsw.York, principally In The great
fax growing region Of Washington, Rsntsolaer, aud
adjoining counties where there are great addressing
mills, long established with other machin.s, there
have been sold thirty-niBe machines. In Illinois,
IL; IA Ohio, 10; in Pennsylysnis, 7; in New-Jer.
,sy. 8; in Iowa, a. In Massachusetts, q in Indians
/; in Canada q in ireland, ll-irom all Of which,
particularly the latter testimonials have come to
the manufacturers Of character calculated to III
spre confidence in all who desire TO establish ma
chimes for dressing fax.
A letter from Ireland ssysi ll2 n Of flax straw
produced 22i ID 10 oz. Of clean fax, against ~ 10
10 Oh. upon the old-styls machines-A saving that
would pay for machine in thirty days. Another
fax manufacturer says:
"On very poor and hard straw found gain OF
h per hundred weight ovsr the same broken by
ordinary rollers; on medium quality OF straw gan
of 9 n o. per hundred wei. hi-the yield by your
brake being ~ h o.. against 10 ID on same sfa"
broken by ordinary method; on very tender straw
over waiered the gain WA 81 n per hundred weight
the Weld by your brake being AZ H. against u
ID by ordinary method. | find tn, Tax rom your
roll -rs easer bcuched ard tho yield softer 70 feel
and quality improved. than that rolled III tue o'u'
nary way y,
.Euos Durham Of Lake. Washington County, N.
Y.,who has been nine yeas engaged on the max ofe's
inc business. uade an experiment with 'OO Id OF
asy sirnw. one half dressed on The old machine, and
one half on Sanford Il Mallory'B new machine, win
tho following result:
WITH OLD MACHINE. q, ..
Tims ofbrcsbingl IS min Yield Of eosrse ~
Time OF scutchlDg b. ~ min iieid 0 nne '0"' = "
WIN SANFORD & NALloRrA ~ a.
Tim, ofbeaiingI h. ~ min Yield OF coarse 'o~'o 10
Tim. Of .cuchngi h. " min Yield Of hne tow...' ~ ID
Yield Of dressed haI...7Si ID
Mr.. Durham says:
"From what have seen Of your machine, am
confident that with skllfnl 1t will Jleid "hsn
tender straw s dressed least I'D ID OF lint 70 mo
100 ID Of straw, more than any other machine W