Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-09
Linseed Oil Mill at Lancaster.

Mr.. j.. c. Holloway purchased
lately the old Steam Saw Mill prop
erty of Meyer & Griswold, and is
putting in machinery for manufac-
turing Lieseed Oil. There can be no
great pro7it il such a business, but if
it barely pays he can afford to car
y it on. Very much will depend
however qpon the local support, or
rather upon whether the price ofseed,
fuel, and other articles required are
held at prices consistent with Mil
wapkce and Chicago rates cf oil,
AS to Mr. Holloway, he is & man
no. given to making failures at any
undertaking, though never seeking
profits through monopoly. lie new
or promises without fulfilling and
never encourages men to engage in
a business. unless willing to lead by
his own example. He says flax has
been for many years and will be for
years 10 come the best cropa farm
er can raise, and backs up his opin>
ion BY these heavy expenditures.
Flax, lie s.sys, is a certain crop on
our lands, and makes fair average
yield quick return is madc-but
about 100 days being required from
seed sowing till Seed marketing
The labor required for culture is no
greater than for other crops flax
crop ground is left in perfect condi-
ton for succeeding crops, AM not
impoverished when the roots are
left by moving the crop; the per
acre yield is over the average of
wheat, and price per bushcl never
below, usually 80 to 100 per cent
above wheat.
We are arriving ut a great west
crn manufacturing period, this the
result of dear transportation, dear
living and dear labor east-against
western clcapncss generally, and all
a collateral result Of cheap lands in
the west. Already most Of the
states are selling western made cloths,
flannels, boots, shoes, carriages, &c.
Add to these paints AMI oils and a
thousand other costly things, by
means Of which hundreds Of milf
ons of money will be held in the
west, and the vast expenses saved in
railroad Transports iln, besides the
per cent. profits pockctcd by half a
dozen hand to hand dcalersi We
shall soon buy direct Of the manu-
facturers aal save all interm ediate
profits poclletcd by dealers. oil is
IN article Of great consumption
Grant County consume ansaaljy
to the value Of perhaps $40 0Q1. Sc
much money kept ut home viii
make money 50 much plcntier. And
if home manufacturing can Stimu-
late the raising Of half a million Of
seed, The gain will correspond, not
to the few but to the many the
poor as well as the rich.
We offer here some general n,
structions to farmers the certainty
of home market for flax seed to
supply Mr. ialloway's mill demand
will lead most of the tarr0ers to put
in few acres of flax lie expects
to put in 300 acres. You viii want
to secure some seed in good TING 1t
/ is very deae OF course, and yoR will
complain ot.the price-but whcu you
come to sell there viii be heaFd no
complaint, even ifthc price be double
Half bushel may be sown t6 the
acre for seed New land is best for
this crop. besides it leaves land in
the finest condition for next crops.
! Flax does we'll on corn OF wheat
land-in fact our soil and climate
are perfect uhder all conditions for
fax, no better in the world
Mr.. Holloway will soon be able 10
purchase all the seed offered.