The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-02-26
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ence great difficulty in procuring such
seed, as no ordinary tanning mill VIII
remove some of the worst enemies Oh
the farmer and good flax.
It was this fact, more than any othr
er. that led to the system o. "Ioanihg
sse9 aud contracting the crop" which
has been 80 long practlced IN Ono,
Tndiana and elsewhere. The llnseed
I'D manufacturer who receives the crop
Of a large section OF country is enabled
to select choice lots Of seed and re-
serve them for sowing, and then b.
machinery too expensive and combrous
forIordinary use, to cleanitso thorough
" that h. can give ont each year an al
most perfect agticle of sowing seed
Of the superiority of such. seed over
what cau ordinarily be obtained in the
market and even at seed stores, we are
convinced by examining a sample be-
fore us of that which E.IN9. Blatch>
ford, Esq, proprietor of the ''CHlcAGo
LEAD AND On WORKS." is preparing
for his customers for sowing the com
ing Spring. Of curse when a man
ufactQrer furnishes such seed year at"
teryear, requiring for it the return OF
only an equal amount of merchantable
quality. he cannot be expected to stlp>
ulate a price for the balance of the
crop, beyond the ordinary average,tak-
ing a series Of years into the account
and it is upon this basis that the bus
mess has been conducted hitherto, and
it is still continued to the acceptance
of a majority of the farmers in the
largest flax growing districts. In this
connection we would add, that with
good seed to SOW, there is nothingll like
flag as a preparatory crop for wheat
The testimony of Ohio farmers, where
flax has been extensively grown for
over q quarter of a century, is explicit
on this point, and to this fact we would
call the especial attention OF our His
nois and Wisconsin farmers, whose
wheat growing for some time has been
so discouraging.
TIME OF CUTTING.
Flax should be cut as soon as
the bolls begin to turn brown, and
while the stalk is yet green. If left
standing too long there will be a great
loss of seed in harvesting.
MoDE OF CUTTING.
A few farmers answered our ques-
ton on this head, with CRADLE" but a
large majority said, "with a machine
Aud from the number of reapers men
toned as working well, we are per
,Iadel that almost all on standard
II lctn.,es can b. used to aivan age in
atL!n4 fax. When 1t Is raised prin>
sjp.lly Tor the seed there is 10 neeC
~ btnding it Ia great saving in time
al expense as compared with harvest
ung wheat, when i've or SIX men are
,qUifrd 10 bind after the reapar) bur
may be stmp. raked of into gavel,
and lie until dry, when tits ready for
TtreShlng or stacking. As,while stand
ing, il is less Liable to damage from
hcayy showers than wheat, so now
when cut,it will bear a severe rain will
little deDiment, if turned over after
wards, SO as to prevent the bolls from
getting into the dirt. Should the wealth
or continue wet,iL can be quickly dried
in an interval of sunshine (tnere being
10 leaves to retain moisturc) and theI
stacked, using hay for topping off, in
which shape it may stand if nece ssary
until cold winter weather, before
threshing, though it is better to thresf
early, SO as to have September and
OcIober for dew rotting the straw.
MODE OF THREsHING.
"With a fall" said a few Germans
in the vicinity of Chicago, who have
raised some of the finest crops on rec.
ord, but the rest were divided almost
equally between 1reading out will
horses and "a machine" In some
sections, and those where they have
raised most, and for the longest time
they report no difficulty in using ma
chimes with some slight alterations, t.
suit the nature Of the crop; but we are
Of opinion, in view all the answers re
ceived, that, for the ordinary run 0
farmers, and the small amount raise b,
each, threading out" may, be safely
recommended Us the simplest anC
cheapest method. When this wa,
lone, however, great car should bt
used to prepare a floor so that the, seed
shall be kept from getting mixed will
dirt, which is a great and serious fault
with a large proportion of that which
is brought to this market. Then, too
an ordinary threshing machine, viii
give you only tangled flax which is
always Of less value than straight, sc
that, if the straw is heavy, it will pay
better to bind in bundles and tread
out, thus keeping the straw in gooC
shape for spreading to rot and to sci
as fibre. The good sense and peculiar
circumstances ofeach farmer will sug
gest the best mode for him-althougt
Tor operations, the machine must o
course be the best method.
CLEANING SEED,
Is an item in raising fax that mus
lhaye more attention from our WesterI
Farmers than it has hitherto received
! Until lately the makers of tanning
mills had little OF no experience witt
it, and SO furnished no screens suita
h; but now, several of them furnish
q ti4A screen, with which a large
amount OF the tout seeds y be re,
moved and there is certainly 80 ex,
use ior transporting prairie DIRT, at {;
h'@h rate of freight, tC the damaging
Of the crop in the market and The great
annoyance of the manufactures, who
has tc separate every particle OF it be.
tore crushing the seed, The difference
Ii price between lots of seed belongs
ing to different parties is mainly de,
,ermincd by the name IN which ii
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