Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27

Several of these FIax-Cleaning MA
chimes have recently been put in operation in Flax
Mills in this region, and one of them may be seen
running In tins et %ndc6 GrTen @ ny s
one operation from good dew rOtted Flax Straw, a
superior quality of clean, long and open Flax Tow ut
the average rate Of one and one-half tons OF Tow
per day. g.-2 rtH HIHT
For this Tow tn ere is a large demand
at the East for spinning purp ses-the present re-
quirement being for from fifty to seventy-hve ton
daily, and the demand rapidly increasing.
For the purpose of developing tn Q
business established by our machinery and the de-
mand for its product. wepropose TO- co. operate Tth
local capitalists at desirable points for growing Flax
in the Northwest on the business basis OF an equal
division Of netprofts. ,1Hgl sif7I
The plan of the proposed co-oPera.
tion in general terms, is as follows viz: We fur
nish for use and set up one 4 our Flax-Cleaning
Machines in the Flax Mill provided by the cooper-
aine party and also furnish skilllul hand to in
struct in running the Min and keeping the machi' e.
ry in ORDER giving also the benefit Of our long expe-
rience in the Fax business, and Offering special ad
vantages ir marketing the product Of the mill. "
also propose tofurnish, for the use OF each Flax MILL
s, A. Clemens, Flax seed ThreshiDg Machines,
both for removing seed and seed ends from fax
straw bound and kept straight, and for re moving
seed from tangled straw each Machine removing and
crushing the seed bolls ready for winnowing the
seed.
The local, cooperating party Will
provide: First. Flax Mill, building and twenty
horse motive power with shafting, &c., for convey
ing the power to the Flax Cleaning machine. Sec
ond, two Flax Barns each Of capacity to store two
hundrei ano fifty tons Of Flax Straw. Third, am
pie grounds in the vicinity of the Flax Mil for Flax
Barns and for stacking Flax. Straw. Fourth, hay
scale, platform scale, power balipg pres, and I'm +.
pements and fixtures for the Flax Mill. Fyth about
fifteen hundred tons, or the product of about two
thousand acres, of good dew-rotted Flax Straw an
nualy. SiSth, labor and teams for opera ing the
Flax Mill.
The cooperating party can make, as
his SHARE net, annual profits OF from two to three
hundred per cent. on his permanent inve tment of
about ten thousand dollars required for Flax Mill
Parties proposing TO start Flax Mills,
should make immediate arrangeu ents for putting
in early this Spring the necessary crop. BY aiding
the farmers in the vicinity of the proposed Flax
Mill to get seed, and by contracting with them for
the required two Thousand acres Of Flax, Gown at
the rate Of one and one-half bushels to an acre.
We have made arrangements with
Linseed Oil Manufacturers by. which cooperating
parties can get Flax seed loaned by them.r
= We are prepared to give further and
full Information relative to the Flax business, and
will send our circulars TO trose requesting them and
will also exhibit Of our Machines running IN the
city and refer to the parties using them elsewhere.
UNION FLAX MILLS CO.
= i"'4A JAMES ]. WALW0RTH. Prest. =
STILLMAN A. CLEMENS, Gen'l Sup't.
OFFICE,,,-, -, 225 LAKE STREET.
Chicago, III, March 1. 1885. % Imch24-d2w