St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

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some Of the finest CROPS oii Ii record, but tlthe
rest were divided aliiiest equally between
threading tout with horses; and ia ,ps!
chine" in, SOME sections, and those, where
they, have raised most, and for the longest
time, they report no difficulty in using
machines with some slight alterations, to
suit better the nature OF the crop but We
are Of opinion, in; view Of all the answers
received, that, for the ordinary rug Of farm
ers, and the small amount raised BY each,
threading OUT may be safely recommend.
cd as simplest and cheapest method ~
When this dvney yhoweRery great care sllo'd
be. used 70 prepare a.foor so that the seed
shall be keptfrom getting mixed with dirt,
Which is a. great and serious fault' With a
large proportion Of that Which is brought
to this market Then, too,: oorlinary
.threslrlng machine, Will give you only tan
:gled 7.fa-, which is always of less, value
than straight, so that II, the straw IS heavy,
it win pay better to bind in bundles and
tread out, thus Keeping the straw iii good
shape for spreading to rot and to sell las
straight ibre.7i. The good. sense aud ,peca7
liar circumstances Of each farmer will sug.
gest the best mode for him although, f0r
large operations, fhe' machine must Of
course be the method. ~" :: :13: nyit.
-t"@"7 = ? CLEANING SEED s,G..>I sjy.
Is an nitc,n ii tuibihg fax that must have;
more: attention utrom.oura Western farmers
than it has hitherto received Until late
ly the makers of tanning mills had no. ex.
pericncc with it, and furnished flax screens
suitable; but now, several of Them fur
nished fax screens, with whica1a2 large
amount Of the foul seeds can be removed;
and there is certainly no excuse for trao,s!
porting prairie dirt, at high rate Of freight,
to- the damaging: Of the crop in market
and the great: annoyance Of the manufac-
turer, who Las to separate every particle
Of it before crushing the seed. The diff.
ference in price between lots: Of seed be-
longing to different parties is mainly de-
termined by the manner in which Il has
been cleaned by the farmer. ''..1- :: 81
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. YIEyD PER ACRE.
The average yield Of seed may be stated
at, ton OR tuelue LnslaIs -ner acre. some
ffteen-the lowest nine. The largest Yield
Of which we have heard was twenty-three
bushels to the acre, but scores Of farmers
reported fifteen to twenty bushels in 1851.
The average yield Of straw is one and
half to two and half to,,s--whcn cut:
yielding about one ton of rotten straw, for
which there is now an active demand with
every prospect of It's insrease, as machines
for breaking out the fibre are improved and
multiplied. ... .::..
Messrs: Walworth, Hubbard 81 Co., of
this city, who have invented and construct
ed powerful breaker, are now, paying from
eight to twelve dollars per ton, according
to quality, delivered in Chicago, and will
contract with responsible parties for the
delivery of large amounts the ensuing au-
tumn.
COST OF PRODUCTION.
In.rcply to our inquiry on this point the
answers were almost unanimous. "About
the same as wheat" Some say that "in
regard to preparation of ground and SOW
ing just the same as wheat" Harvesting
less expensive, but cleaning trifle more.
So that it may be safely put down as cost
ing less to raise fax than wheat.
CERTAINTY OF THE CROP.
On this point there is perfect agree
ment from all sections. One man says ::
Il have raised it over twenty years, and
nine years i'll succession on ono piece of
land, and never knew it to fail" Another
reply, signed by several farmers, says: "lf
put in early, think it sure crop" and
one in Southern Illinois, where Corn is
King writes: "Taking the ordinary run
Of seasons, fax is as certain as any other
crop except corn" 4. -. rt.~
We have thus given as much detailed
information upon the subject as the limits
Of our article will ALLOW, hoping it may lead
some farmers, who have hitherto stood aloof
from its culture, togive it at:least fair
trial, fully persuaded that at no distant day
the Northwest can and will produce flax
fibre enough to clothe us,all in linens more
or less fine, and that at a costcomparing
fayorably with cotton.
:. WHEAT IN SToRE.-We have made q
rough estimate Of the amount Of wheat in
store at this place, aud We And the amount
to be not much if any, less than two hum
dred and forty thousand bushels, , the ware
houses arc nearly all full. d Messrs:: Shell
don & Hodgman have filed two, warehouses
and are storing wheat in the new bui ding
lately erected by Mr. Webster for livery
stable. We must have more warehouses.
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