Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-25

| Several OF these FIax-CIeaping Ma
chimes have recently been put in operation in Flax
Mills in this region, and one of them may be. seen
running in this city. which, driven by twenty horse
motive power and attended by five men, produces at
one operation, from good dew rotted Flax Straw,
superior quality Of clean, long and open Flax Tow at
the average rate of one and one-haf tons of Tow
per day.
For this Tow there is a large demand
at the East for spinning purpcses-the present re-
quirement being for from fifty to seventy-hve ton
daily, and the demand rapidly increasing.
For the purpose of developing the
business established by our machinery, and the de-
mand for its product we propose to cooperate with
local capitalists at desirable points for growing Flax
in the Northwest, on the business basis Of an equal
division Of net profits. as ..-+s .tg Iltr
The plan of the proposed co.Opera-
tion, in general terms, is as follows. viz: We fur
nish for use and set up one Il our Flax Cleaning
Machines in the Flax Mill provided by the co-oper-
atnp party, and also furnish skillful hand to- in
struct in running the Mill and keeping the machiie-
ry in ORDER giving also the benefit of long expe
rience in the Flax business, and offering special ad-
vantages il marketing the product Of the mill. We
also propose to furnish 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 removing
seed from tangled straw, each Machine removing and
crushing the seed bOls, ready for winnowing the
seed. h"a . p
The local, cooperating party will
provide: First, a Flax Mill, building and twenty
horse motive power with shafting, DC. for convey
ing the power to the Flax Cleaning machine. Seca
ond, two Flax Barns, each Of capacity 70 store two
hundred and fifty tons Of Flax Straw. Third, am
pie grounds in the vicinity Of the Flax Mill for Flax
Barns and for stacking Flax Straw. Fourth, hay
scale, platform scale, power halipg press, and i'm
plements and fixtures for the Flax MILL rim. about
fifteen hundred TONS or the product of about two
thousand acres, of good dew-r0tted Flax Straw an
nually:. Stcth, labor and teams for opera ing the
Flax Mill.
| The eco-Operating party can make, as
his share net. annual profits Of from two to three
hundred per cent. on his permanent inve tmept of
about ten thousand dollars requiredfor Flax Mill
Parties proposing to start Flax Mills,
should make immediate arrangeu ents for putting
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, sown 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 getflax seed loaned by them. -'f y
We are prepa red TO give furth er and
full ipformat0nr nreative to the Flax business, and
will send our circulars TO those requesting them and
will also exhibit one of our Machines running in the
city and refero the parties using them elsewhere.
UNION FLAX MILLS CO.
JAMES J. WALWORTH, Pres't. q
STILLMAN A. CLEMENS, Gen1 Sup't.5
OFFICE, -. 225 LA IKE STREET.
CHICAGO, Ill, March l. 1866. lmch24-d2w
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