The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-03-25

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The Ceyelanb HesadEsDs.thc high price
Of sugar have given great impetu. to tn
growth and mapufacturs o~faSorgbum allsove
1.-The West and the exotbitant prices of cotton
fgoods bid IA to do the same thing for Flax
fThel culture of fax begins to attract very gen
eral attention among farmers, and the indica
tiOns now sFethat s~c9res7of acres will be sowr
this spring where ore was cultivated in former
years then, for the seed alone. a great de
mand has sprung up for Flax straw for linen
goods md paper mshdfactufe, and thepstraw
thai fstmeflyAwas worthless; now brings from
sI2 to $50 per ston.i Flax seed is also in great
demand to SOW this spring as we'll as for oil ;
and In Western New York brings from So, so
to IS PEI, bushel- The farmers of Genessee,
Wyoming, Chemung and other Western New
York counties, are making preparations for
the extensive culture of FAX, which cannot
fail to be highly remuneratiye for at least sew
eral years to. come. ALI the available seed to
be had this season will be sown.
In Claysville, Oneida county, a company Of
Dag growers are carrying on an extensive. and
very remunerative business. They have = a
machine run BY water power for scatchinqgg' the
fax, which cost, with gearing, $3.50. The
seed pays thu expense sof caltisation al 81
per bushel, and the straw when schutched
Produces 300 pounds of lint, to the acre,
worth from ss75 to 500 There is also a
company in Lockport,e N. Y, styled s"The
Lockport Flax Cotton Company" engaged in
manufacturing very handsome goods from fax.
For some years past large quantities of fax
have been grown in the vicinity of Dayton,
md the counties of ohioslying west Of Mcnt
somery, for the seed aioEe ; and last winter
purchasers of the straw visited this
lax section of the State and bought tho stray
n the stacks, paying but So per ton. In
rrumbull county and vicinity fax has be n
cultivated TO considerable extent, and in addi
ion to profit onafaxu seed the growers have
lad a market for he fibre, which has been
purchased, baled and sent to Eastern manu-
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We notice that Messrs. Wetmore & Taylor
f Cuyahoga Falls, have made a proposition
othe farmers of Medina and Summit coun-
ies that is worthy of their consideration. 1t
) to furnish $50 bushels of very nice. clean
AK seed, to responsible persons to sow this
bushels to be returned for egery
hree sownsiand SO in proportion to the num-.
ersof bushels taken, the remainder of the
rop,' except what may be wanted fog seed
e1tyeay, to be delivered to them at a fixed I
riss of $3.50 per bush.-s20 per. ten for
oo9 rotted, pulled fax straw, and $40 per =
'nsfpr good rotted, mown straw, or more if :
lie price of lint will warrant, delivered at
at Cpyahoga Falls They also di- +
to msksAthe crop good to the farmer I
well as the purchaser, the ground should a
rolled after the Seed is sown and dragged. a
The practice Of furnishing seed to fax :
overs and taxing seed in return by the Day.lb
haaeafers, has long been followed with suc.t
Flax may be successfully grown on any n
ndsthat are adapted to Indian corn ; a dry, 4
ep foam, well drained, and if under-drained v
is crop will beihe better for it. The land
ouid be deeply plewcd, in order to obtain r,
e largest crops. a
'.The Agricultural Society of Ireland, for !
e Promotion Of the Growth of Flax" re- O
mpend to sowraaz after wheat, on good,
rtilsasoils, and after potatoes on inferior soils, to
lille some : ers6ns think it sue ,eeds best ND =
a~elover sod: Great care is necessary in Il
e selection of seed, SO as to get it plump tt
d heavy, and clear of the seeds of. weeds.-pi
lie quantityu sually sown per acre in this re
untry is from onesbushel to FIVE pecks, while r
Ireland the quantity is from two and a half III
three bushels per acre. 1t should be sown sh
early in April as the ground can be prop
y pepared. The average yield of seed may m N
stated at ten 20 Twelve bushels per acre, 70
4 the straw one and a half to two and a Z
If tons.
.esdoubt if the Farmers Of Ashland coun
turn their attention to anything that an
uld be more reHumerative, than the grow tol
of Flax. Thelsrger portion of the lands ar
b e7county arezwsn adapted to its produc- err
/ /; and by thcstime the seed and lint could Py
gathered and prepared for market, our rail- bu
would furnish one right at our doors, o
tee
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