The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-13
FROM the Working Farmsrj
PLAN CULTURE.

n ictteT WhS fcbd ITOfD WCStCfu I0Tm-
er asking if Flax could not be raised with
profit in the Westy Corn had ceased to
be as profitable rs formerly some Of the
steam mills were burning corn as fuel,
and the expense of transportation proven
ted this crop from seeking an Eastern
market. 1t was urged that the great i'm
provement which had bssn ,naade ia far
culture and In the manipulation of fax
straw promised Increased profit The In
ventions of Chevalier Clausen, Alexander
Hamilton Caryl Of South Gpoton, Mass,
and others, gave new uses for fax-straw,
and esen the portions formerly Discarded
as refase. A .kiaaaof AJAX cotton had been
made By MIR. Cary' f,om the wastes; and
from those of i,s> value. liuen paper
stock of extreme purity AID whl,eness.--
Unlike the former methods, the seed
could now bsraissd without the straw BE-
ing rendered vslasless, the demand for
the seed had 80 materially increased, that
the imports at New York and elsewhere
hal become immense. etc. That Che oil
cake left after expressing the Linseed OIL
will be exported at large price Instead
of being consumed at home, etc. Niue,
discussion .ensnsd ss to II SieorapaAtive
value Of oil cake meal and Indian n,eal--
the prevailing opinion was, however, that
Notwithstanding the high value of oil
cake mssl in England and elsewhere, -
food for cattle, that in our west corn
could be raised at 60 low cost that the
oil meal would not be used, even should
the manufacture Of Linseed oil from the
home seed become business Others
claim that small quantities of the meal,
nsrl la "A -cnndin4ent, s4y-nne pint per
! day fpf each animal, wauisl he found pro-
| ttabiy eyen AZ the cost oi corn meal.
The New York Linsced Oil mannfac-
turers import flax seed from many parts
Of Europe and Asia, at high cost and
1 freights; they express the oil and then
pay freight On the cake u Europe, where
the farmers find it 10 their profit to nse it
as food; can it be psssibls that cake from
home grown and home. pressed Aax SOD,
will not BE- Of 80 low cost - 10 warrspt
il home use 1 800 Il 1 sal',
y II the freight on = hushel Of cQrn from
the far vest 70 New York Is Shy csnts,
and the average value here win not lesvs
. sufisisnt nargin Tor ths grower, and
| the rassH0ns middle ,swen, who handle it,
then it y evident that other crops capable
Of prseaating nprs vslus in iess bulk and
i weight should b grown. This year and
! la sw peRt yDssA RssM hssa 1EFsA l
! ualket for ~ increased growth q beans
j % the ordinary white Bean, 8 bsshsll
81 may be grown 10 the acre, and thA pE;Cl
) here varies from 81 so to 1915 %,
bushel; this would pay, but many claim
J ID thai the mxrkat Was not large enough
II I'd stand any material increase in quaint
D " without sspiSns reduction ii value. and
) that the rich prairie aads uaald not Iais,
) bsass probably; that instssd of CROWNS
! a. a sturdy plant, the stalks become tos
J long to. maintain upright positions, bu
/ would lie down upon the ground, and th,
I crop could seldom b cured if vlised tha
) OAK seed on the contrary had m unlimit.
; ed demaud, and ut comparatively steady
pr'ces, while The straw could be used By
: various improved methods sS ias'ts pro
duee valuable product at low COST
y Against All thss ~Aa urged Tho want ol
IS machinery in the west for the manufac.
,are. and even II introduced BY capitalists
4 the producers, manufactures and consnm
e srs were at sach magnificent dsstisce,
from each other that the cost nf iranspor
4 tation on the less valuable poriioas OF pro
D uect M44ld $500 their waste, esO. 4 FIJI
: NOTICE. $3.50 - :
s The psrtuevahip hegstOfsrr asasiins b.tse~o n u
woodNafd so ,. J. Brtes, en1es the sanss Of Il. b
.ss: :ssa 81 I. $500 : z. 81 ~. s
Ne nsm q ssttlsaest q tAe buaissps o. the frm
= I'D Woyd4Aga 4tllRsntiene ~ bsslesss q Ii
! aad KxcLrslVEIH SQk CASH. - -,