Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-05

at len TO twelve bushels. The largest yield .
of which we have heard was twenty-thrCe /
bushels % the acre, but scores OF farmers /.
report fifteen 90 twenty bushels. The aver I
age yield Of straw is one and a half to two .
and half tons when sHt, Welding about 4
one ton Of roued straw, lpr which there is
now am active demand with every prospect l
Of is increase, as machine for breaking
Oui the fibre are improved and multiplied.
COST OF Production.
About the same - wheat. Harvesting,
lcss expensive but cleaning a little more.
So that it may be safely put down as costing
less to raise flax than wheat
CERTAINTY OF THE CROP.
On this point there is perfect ACRE
ment from all sections. One man says:
" have raised it for over twenty years and
( nine years in succession upon one piece Of
! land, and never knew il 10 fail" Others
| say, II s0Un IN season, there Is no crop
/ more certain. We hope farmers who have
/ hitherto stood alOof from its culture viii
! give il, at least, fair trial. Fully per-
suaded that, at no distant day, Tennessee
can and will produce flax seed enough 90
supply our State, at least, with llnseed OIL,
as well as flax fibre enough to clOthe Us all
In linen, more or less fine, and that at a
| cost comparing lavOrably with cotton.
LETTER FROM A FARMER.
| WARRENsBURG, No, Feb. 10, 1850
| Gentlemen Two years experience has
satisfied me that our soil contains the re-
quisitcs for producing a good crop OF max
seed, and an excellent quality Of lint tail
ures will occur here as well as elsewhere
from excessive wet In the spring, followed
by a drOuth in the SUMNER until we I'M
der-drain and sub-oil our land.
During my life. with the exception OF
the last twelve years, ! have been engaged
IN raising fax for the lint and seed. did
consider il an eZhausting crop, but ! be-
lieye If will do well from five to seven
| years when sowu or even spread on the
! same land IL deposits am eEcrementltIous
matter, rendering the soil unit for the
same plant for a Longer time, Neverthe-
less, / consider ii less eXhausting than
oats or most other crops, and no crop will
prepare the ground for q regular rotation
better than fax.
Ny first year had a good crop Of seed,
though did not measure It to ascertain
the quantity per acre. My second year /
| ] sowed fax with barley and oats and
separate / found no material difference
In the quantity Of fax seed whether sowed
alone or with barley and oats; the barley
and oats, therefore, are a clear gain. Not
withstanding I put my seed in TOO
late and an unusual drouth in sum
mer followed wet spring, yet it
proved a paying crop. / cut it with
my reaper, gathered with suitable
forks, as do all my small grain without
binding, and threshed it as soon as it was
dry, with an ordinary threshing machine
ard separator, leaving a small quantity oil
the seed and unbrOben hollis with the
oats and barley, which makes good food
for all kinds Of stock, particularly when
ground. / considered the straw as unfit foI
cattle, on account Of the fax, and kept il
separate from my otherstraw. Last month
however, / found that my cattle were more
fond Of the mixed than either the oat on
wheat straw, and did better than on either
This led me TO examine the properties Of
fax straw or FIBRE and ] find it contains
vegetable allumen in thebark, rendering it
as nutritious rs grain to stock fed upon
the straw. The flax chat also possessCl
nutritiye properties. Your obedient ser
| want. JNo. ZIMMERMAN.