Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-20
Canzns on 1850.


The plant. now cultivated in almost
/, parts Of The World IL supposed 90
ave been known FIRST in Egypt, or prob |
bly, in the cal.ivatsd plains Of Asia.
Moses speaks Of The fsxs Of Egypt. |
'hich has been celebrated from time
for It's prodncti0n and
aanofaetnrs. The tssaneN linen of
Egypt" which was. manufactured from
hir article, ID spoken OF for its suparior
,xcellence, IN Scripture. on d spoken
Il in naay portions Of Scripture. and
he fine linen is sometimes denoted as
/ symbol of the purity of angels .. il
The fax Of Holland and Belgium 10
The most yalnabIs. That Of Russia, who
exports from 10000 10 $4,000 tons, 10
worth about one-fourth the value of tho
irst named. This Ia owing to the ex-
elusive care and attention given BY the
Hollahders aud Belgians to its prepare,
ton. The Irish linen Is celsbratsd in
this country for lie fine qaalitiss. The
product of Ireland ia estimated ct q, 600
to 10000 tons. The product of the whole
British Isles il rated at IS 600 tons, while
the conaunption 10 aaid TO vary from
So, 600 10 105, 900 tons. The greater
part of it's importation 10 from Russia
About {, ZOO, 900 are imported from Bel
eium, the value of which 10 calculated at
$l2 SOC, 900.
Flag vas cultivated in new Neither
lands in 1926. The seed Of FAX was Or
dered 70 be iutroAucsd into the colony
of Massachusetts, in 1929 It was cult
waited and woven ID Virgins by Capt.
Matthews prior to 1913 Bountiea for
it's production i'm that colony, we're offer
ed in 1851.
Flax was among the productions for
the encouragement Of which the British
Parliament made -considefabIs grants to
the planters Of Georgia in 1875, l743,
and l74e Early attention Is said to
have been given to the ScultiVstion and
manufacture of fax in Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana, Thmamount of fax pro-
lduced In the listed States aud Terri
tories in 1850, was 7,T09, 676 pounds,
and ia 1860 the product was only 4, TO.
iI45 pounds, showing q falling OF Of
nearly ene-half Since the eowmenc
ment Of the war, the cultivation of 6az
has received inereased attention,
and, no doabt, atJths next census with
be nearly equal to that Of 1850, bni
there ia no reason Why the production Of
this highly important and profitable crop
should fail TO keep pace with the popula-
ton.
The climate Of the Northern States i.
said TO be admirably adapted for tbs
| prodactiou OF thfs crop, Great ina
prorementsl have lately Ihsan made 70.
the dressing of the fibre, and for con
vertipg 1t into Flax cotton, by which 4
can be probably used ID the rnannfac
ture of goods heretofore devoted exclu
sively TO cotton. IL is profitable an an
article of cultivation, alone for the seed
New York was the largest Flax pro.
ducing State ia the Union In 1850, pro
ducing In that year, ISIS, 025 pounds
but Kentucky wss the FIRST 10 1850, pre-
duciug then, 2, l001l6 pounds. Yir
E.ginie was the second highest In 1860
/ Kentucky stands third in her product O
fax, producing only 728, 234 pounds
showing n falling off of 1900, 00(
pounds. Ohio stands second in 1860
producing So, AS pounds. Virginia
North Carolina, Pennsylvsnia and Ten
nessss come nsxt in order, none OF
which raise over 100000 pounds, and
some Of them but . trias over 100, 00(
pounds. Z
Nav York 10 he only Staf6 in the
Union that Increased her product of fax
except South Carolina, over that OF
1885, The increase i'm New York wal
ST. ,448 pounds, whila the increase ir
South Carolina was just IL 0pounds
enough to hang few of her prominent
traitors, and tits hoped that such just
use will be made of il .zoG4K6
The Eastern States raised, In 1850
64,760. and in 1860 just Il, 703, showing
Vermont 10 the largest FAX producing
State In the Eaat. Her product ia 1850
was nearly equal 10 all Che other Eaat.
arm StatfA VI EsssiE8& - -
\ The Middle Stases produced 4 sol =
637 pounds Of fax in 1860, showing IN
Increase Of about 81 percent over thai
Of 1850 New York produced shout
four times a. much as all the rest Of the
Middle States. .EL.EEe&s Ava
The Western States produced, in 1850,
wa s64 pounds Of, FAX, againal
4s0l6, 945 poundssin 1850, o falling OF
OF over two millions pcunds, compared
with 1850. ~ Ohio Ia now The largest hax
Iproducing State in the West Z Ksnsucky
was the fret ID 1850, shoving falline
OF Aof over 500, 900 pounds ia tea years
The product of FAX in the Southern
Statea, in 1850. was l $50, 072 poands,
and in 1850, SIC, 1886 pounda, less than
one half the product of 1850, asss 4
Virginia 10 she largest fax producer
of amy Of the Southern States. her pro.
duct in 1860 was 4S7 ,S08 pounds. less
than one-half the product of 1850. She
still raises more fax than all tho rest Of
the SoRthern States. y .zs4ssa = y
The Pacific States and Territoriel
prodaeed in 1860, 500 pouuds of fax
showing an increase over 1850 of 40C
| per cent. rrgC5 Sd nAiDgE T1oM
Indiana, which produced 584, ASS
pounds of dax in 1850, produced in 1856
only 81 .l29 pounds, showing O falling
off of nearly 100000 pounds, an.
Missouri which produced 627, 1863 pouudI
in 1850, produced only 109,S37 pound
in 1860. 4v sfFfxrafr 49,
Utah raised nearly the entire produc
of fax in the Pacific States.
The amount of fax raised to each in
habitans in the United States in 1856
Waa 2 az ounces, and In 1850 Il was s. 3,
ounces, showing n falling of of owe
I one-half. 2 - ~ 'A-sAA = =
Our farmers should take q lesson from
this. There, lie too much disposition
manifested by every one to avoid pre-
| ducipg that which they can buy, just be
cause It requires little labor. 1Woul
! it not be cheaper for the farmer to rails
the FAX and make his own sheetinl
than to buy It, especially nc the preser
high prices. At NIL events, they ougE
10 raise enough 20 make their own be
| clothing, table and towel linen. IL
was not cheaper, these articles would b
better ct all events, and far more CON
Portable to use. psssf36t
There was Q time when the housI
wives and the farmers daughters wei
proud of their linen table cloths, an
linen bed clothing, the paoduct Of ihei
~ - awI sp mans i'm m&n m ms