The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-22

The fax crop throughout the valley 4
reported mere promising than In pas
years. Several large fields hi Linn cOun.
", sown early and on good soil, are sald
10 have attained growth that insuros
heavy yield OF seed. Flax grown for u,
fibre, which II different variety from
that produced for the seed, In not succ0sd
boing acclllnated, as II has been but q fow
years since its production was commence
cd In Oregon.--1stegraDl.
| Allow us to correct you by saying that
such favorable year for The culture oi
lint flax has never been known in Oregon.
Lint or nbor flax from the Willamette
Valley carried offthe first prize at the Cen.
tennlal Exposition In 1870, whore II was
In competion with samples from Ireland,
Holland, Russia and Australia. If we re-
inombor right the specimen shown tn ere
was three feet long, and this serson We
can show ovor $50 acres In Linn connty
that will beat that measurement six
Inches. Besides that we can show fifteen
or twenty acres that already measures
four feet iias iHchss In length, and by the
time II is ready TO be taken from tho
ground II will In all probability bc fully
nvo feet long. This latter II an exper.
lmental crop raised by Sam'l Robinson /,
vol known 10 newspaper men on this
Coast, and In from some OF tho celebrated
Riga seed imported by him from tho old
country last winter at cost OF about $40
per busheL Mr.. Jas. Thompson. tho
gentlemen who put this flax In, In an
old Belfast Irishman, and the remarkable
success OF tho crop shows that he under
stands lis culture thoroughly. Although
the Telegram made a mistake in regard o
our max crop we know II will very gladly
correct Il, and thus assist In attracting at.
tention TO what will soon bo one OF the
We now have q twino mill In Albany
which IL just getting In shape aud will do
. largo business this year, but We arc con.
fdent that In very few years linen fac
tories will be more plentiful In Oregon
than wooien mills. In ireland tho lint
iax IL about - inches long, and their
soil has run down 10 such an extent that
at the last annual meeting OF the Belfast
Flax Association the Secretary was order.
cd 70 correspond and ascertain where tho
culture or fax was most Gucccssful, 40
that tho manufactures would know where
they could draw their supplies Of raw ma
terial from la the future. II seems 10 us
that fax four and Ave feet long IN about
what thoy arc looking for, and Ifthey
should import a few cargoes from this
country, we will soon have some OF their
mills over here. Already this season
some Two or three fact tories have been
brought over from ireland TO the Eastern
States. aud they efcourse think Il IL profit
able TO make the change or they would
not como. lit Is profitable tn work up
FAX In New York and Now Jersey, and to
Import considerable OF the raw material,
paying duty, ~ they do, OF $50 por ton,
how very much more profitable would IL
be 10 do tho manufacturing hero, where
tho boat fla; In the world IN raIsed, aud
who're tho climate IL peculiarly y adapted to
the working OF fax fiber. We ask that
the newspaper press OF onr S.nte do wha;
they can 70 get this mater hefpra the
world, and the result Il surc 10 bu of great
benefit to Oregon. What Ss baVs said VI
tho iengtk and q'itllty of Tax now belng
raised hero at Albany {. absolutely correct
~ wo will prove 10y sending samples this
week 10 tho lAnd Dsp,rimsn. Of tho @.
& G. Il. X. Go.