Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
lille we have


due to bacteria in relation tho o,,e lGn
which is injurious to futur, o;s ga " Niue
wheat, and especially future and MS a,a
flax. AS matter of fact, whnr. '' ons'
millet, potatoes or other ranK ore carbon tho >,
crops follow fax especially If throw from D' =
be MANFRED, there is doubtEz one-s r1ln ~ =.
more harm from flax croi .orof,,1 1,,asi., 90
crop Of wheat. Though it Cannot S,nt h.ina
as we ordinarily manage Pm if is known tha7
the the preparation Of fax stepresented in one
enae " ned' anu otner coarstpprOach within 10
not do so well after thefst anthracite. there
after other small grains. m in the sentiments
varieties Of max have re- maintainod tho :
duced into this country fir, much sunerior to
ana other european counsg into the facts
siderable of this seed is scatt. matters
the Northwest and is coming taien coal is AZ
eral use. 1t looks like the otnite in Fargo
fax both in plant and seed, ,rice is much
that the seed is somewhat lardle and vest
Is generally believed that thte The fuel
yields better than the ordinary ects every in
can fax as it is called. In ana in this state
of experiments in flax, howeya leading cues.
writer has not found anything is that peo-
yields very much better than the he fact that
mon flax. The use of fax has lg bankrupt
reached such an important placermous sums
our own conditions by careful dollar that
ton and seed breeding. The Wherever and
has no knowledge Of large supply Of If
flax which he could recommend for ltions
seed as compared with other flax. We n Of
have no class of field seeds with whinsnt be
1t is so important to be careful Ct AS III
purity as in the selection otSorth Dakot; !
Owing to the small size and Ia enormou'3
heavy weight of the flax seed itS7,O0O0O0,
very difficult to separate from theat home
many of the common weed seeds, sgept with
as mustard. pigeon grass, FreHra W profits ac-
Russian thistle, tumble musta{y enterprise
host of others which should rat IN citizens
entirely off the farm. The bel ~ necessary
to select flax is to hunt up 8ioll give en-
harvest time and pick out til borers and
when standing to see that it is would haul
on clean land and make purchaHn our own
that time. Many weeds can be DE required
out of the flax, but it is only corporations
special machinery and with a ever in our
amount of work that some
the seeds above enumerated canstablished
entirely gotten rid of. One half 900 quality
stalks of mustard in a field of fat equal
may escape notice and each produce Goals
many Seeds and there will be NAME. and
weeds in the field the next year. Fla3llvered
needs about the same kind Of land price,
to do well as does wheat and the'tages
kind of preparation needed is about to
the same. The seed-bed should be :,
rather solid, as that formed by early i
fall blowing, by corn or potato land
kept clean until fall and then not
pl0wed, or by summer following. Flax
will do fairly we'll on spring blowing,
on new breaking, and especially will
it will do we'll on back setting or on
summer plowed timothy sod. Good
seed, clean Of all weed seeds, planted
on the best soil, has produced more 4 =
money per acre than wheat. The \
seed should be planted about two
thirds the depth to plant wheat. and Z
may be planted from the middle sls,i ~
last of wheat seeding time to re :yem.
late as corn planting time, the, WI, " ~" ~
medium early planting generally g, III a.
the best results. Plants will st; nlaae dne
some frost and still make a c. ,,a1ie
though, as many experienced asst
spring, the hard frosts either killed
out or materially reduced the yields.
AS yet we are growing fax for seed,
but there is strong probability that
ere long the fiber will be saved for
ropes twines, and even medium and
coarse cloth products. We are now
burning our fax straw and manufac-
turing fiber from foreign materials
with which to bind our wheat and
even our flax. Machinery is being in
vented to thresh fax without destroy
ing the straw, and it is with these
a few years hence that the practice
will be accomplished along this line.
There are a few factories already :
starting up where the straw is kept
straight by simply threshing off the -
heads from the bundles by sticking
only the head of bundle in the cylin-
der, then throwing the bundle aside
So De IeltSO anu udoc lulO pretty
good class Of fiber. Numerous factor
les throughout the West are using
fax straw for making tow for the
use of upholsterers, but this demand
is comparatively easily satisfied 40
soon as the fiber can be so threshed
that it is kept straight and not broken ,.;gs
up as with the ordinary spike thresh- :. in
ing cylinder and made into cordaget ana
and coarse fabrics it can be- used .tis in
great advantage to growers and mama orr
facturers. The retting can be aebnrn snc.
plished in large tanks in build. Mt orr
where the retting can be done we've tho
rapidly by having the water somewbzens of
warmer than where the retting ,ourred
streams and lakes is practiced. ,ble az
For seed alone flax should be sQ:onerata
from one-half to three pecks per an,ake a
and should be sown in drills with ordif
nary grain drilling machine For
fiber however, or for fiber and seed
combined, sow one to two and one
half bushels, and the Hand should be-
very nicely prepared both as to fine
ness and smoothness, and should also
be rather compact, and the grain sowu
broadcast. Flax pulling machines are
being invented, and it is believed these
machines will soon be beyond the ex-
detrimental stage. Where the fiber is
to be saved either by pulling machines,
pulling by hand or cut off close to
the ground with the self binder, it
is important that the ground be level,
smooth and rather compact that the
wheels Of the machine will not sink
deeply into it. Many farmers use the
flax dump on ordinary Self-bindiu9