The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
for iute factory. From the Ia
coma Wash. Ledger.

| DIR. A. nj. Cole, f A. Soldering, F.
NJ. Atterholt, and George w. Grouse
have been in New York City the past
week attending q meeting Of the Ma
tiOnal Cordage Association. That
association has been reorganized.
and the gentlemen above named have
disposed of their plant, the Akron
Irvine and Cordage Works, to the
trust for the sum of $4,000. This
plant has been idle for nearly a year,
and will in the future be operated by
the trust.-From the Akron (Ohio)
Republican.
An apparently well-authenticated
report which appears in a Tifiis jour
nal describes the discovery of plant
which, if it possesses all the qualities
attributed to it, threatens to become
a powerful rival of jute. To what
special genus the plant belongs is not
stated; but NJ. Brackenburg, chem
list, who discovers it growing abund-
antly on the shores of the Caspian,
has given it the name of "Kanoff."
The plant possesses a splendid fibre,
soft and elastic, with a glossy, satin
like texture. 1t is strong and pliabIe,
and can be dyed without injury. M.
Brackenburg believes that from it's
marvellous abundance and conse-
quent cheapness, and it's extroradin-
airy durability, "Kanoff'' will success
fully compete with any other textile
for sacking, ropes and pack thread.
The fibre has greater resistance
than hemp, and it's specific gravity is
less.-From the London Daily News.
Glendale, N. D.-Most of the flax
in Dickey, Sargent, Brown, Ransom,
LaMoure. Mcintosh, Stutsman and
Barnes Counties has been cut. The
present week will practically close
harvest operations in this region.
The yield OF flax is equally disap-
pointing with that of wheat. The
acreage in some of these counties,
particularly Dickey, is the largest
ever sown, but the crop deprecated
almost to the point of total failure
during the intensely hot weather be-
tween July Is and August Is.
Farmers have been stimulated by
the high prices OF the last two years
and the increasing demand from
manufacturers of oil to give more
attention to flax, but they are not
getting the returns that they expect
ed. Numerous inquiries have been
received here from linseed oil manu-
facturers regarding the yield and
quality OF fax, and they promise a
keen demand at high prices for prime
flaxseed.
For three years !. the oil mills of
Chicago and Indianapolis have Deepen
ded on the Dakotas and, Minnesota
for large percentage OF their sup
plies of flax, and a superior quality
has always been furnished. The mills
locating in Minnesota and Iowa have
also improved the flax market in the
Northwest
There is no particular demand for
the fiber, however, and when
drought or some other unfavorable
circumstance cuts down the yield to
four or five bushels per acre, the crop
becomes Improbable, whereas if sale
could be made of the straw, it would
be one of the surest and best paying
crops.
The two Dakotas last season pro-
dured $685. lis bushels OF flax, and
Minnesota 2,485, $50, or total OF
6,773, 1896 bushels, while all the rest
of the United States only produced
4,677, sol. On the increased acreage
this year the Dakotas would have
turned out a fax crop OF 100000
bushels had not the drouth blighted
it. Local dealers predict that the
bulk OF the fax crop will be marketed
at about $1.25 a bushel, notwith-
standing the depreciation in quality.
From the Philadelphia Pa Press.
The following letter to a cordage
journal will perhaps explain how it is
that some of the farmers have
bought ''manilla" Irvine for 13c.
when even the GREAT WEST charged
14Ac. The New Zealand hemp Irvine
was fully exposed in the G. w. last
spring:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 10, 1890.
DEAR S1R:-The large imports OF
New Zealand hemp passing through
this port for your city call to mind
the fact that this very inferior hemp
is being largely used as mixture to
combine with Manila hemp, and is
sold to the trade under different dis
guised names, such as duplex" etc.
This rope SO closely resembles pure
Manila that the small dealer sells it
as such and swindles the innocent
purchaser out of the difference in
price, and when the rope is put to use
it fails to give satisfaction. The re-
suit reflects on the manufacturer to
the extent that the user of the cord
age looks around to find substitute
/ Gor, Mo- IL.