Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-11

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Some Advantages Of Flax.
The following splendid article is re-
produced from the Imp Element journal:
of Kansas City:
The mechanical difficulties which
stood in the way of fax binder Irvine
manufacture having been overcome as
the result of thorough experiments
Towering a long period of years, and
the practicability of the, enterprise
having been established beyond Dues
ton, 1t now remains for the flax-grow
ing farmer to produce properly grown
lax in quantities sufficient to enable
the Industry to expand. When the
farmer realizes that by sowing a bet
tier grade of seed in more liberal guam
titles and devoting more, attention to
the cultivation and harvesting of the
crop he can mai ket his unthreshed
fax at a higher price than he has,
heretofore obtained, for the seed and
istraW after threshing, there should be
tno hesitancy 4on his part in taking the
required steps. The farmer, like the
manufacturer and tradesman, lis ma
lturally interested in investing his
money and labor in manner that
will lead TO the most profitable results
| The Schedule of prices now paid for
unthreshed fax for binder Irvine pi1r-
poses is based upon the ruling price
for seed at the farmers nearest mar
lket and an estimate yield per acre.
AS this price varies according to the
geographical location, SO also does
the price of the nthreshed crop, but
In every case IL makes the per acre
value materially higher than when the
Iseed is threshed out and sold. The
increase of value depends upon the
tonnage per acre and the tonnage de-s
ponds upon the farmers method Of
raising and harvesting the crop.
Taking IS cents as the minimum
Isprice per pushed for No. I seed the
value per acre to the farmer who
as, an average. The value of the unst
/ threshed crop at the same point. for
binder Irvine purposes, lis so .85 per
one and one half tons, making the per
acre $13. 81 This shows an increase
value of $3.50 per acre as compared
with the value of the threshed crop.
Two tons Of fax per acre lis often obs
tanned, and with proper seeding cult.
walton and cutting, two tons can he
made the average. On a tWo-ton basis,
/ with the market price of seed 85 cents.
the unthreshed crop at 50 .05 per ton.
1 would be worth SIS. 10 per acre. The
increase in this case would be SIS ~,
tper acre. sS
Isl With sed at ST. per bushel the price
iper ton of the unthreshed crop is
i$l0.40, making the value of the acre;
THAT produces one and one-h half tons,
$3.50 and of two tons. $1,000 as:
I, compared with estimated average value;
of $11.91 il the flax is threshed and
sold In the unusual way aking $1.30
as the market price of seed the price
per ton for unthreshed fax is $751;
and the respective value per acre,
1 1886 for one and one half tons and
4 $500 for two tons With seed at
this price the farmer who threshes
his flax and sells the seed on the
market realizes on the average only
1896 per acre.
rs For binder Irvine purposes the
straw must be not less than IL inches
lin length from butt of straw to lowest
branch. 1t must be reasonably free
from weeds and other foreign growth,
1 the prices contemplating straw of this
character It should, therefore, be the.
farmers object to produce fax OF high
lgToWth, free from foreign plant life
| ana to cut the straw as near the
ground as possible. n o obtain these
results he must use clean seed and
have the ground in such condition that
the binder knife can be run close to-
| the surface.
1t is customary to SOW from two
to three pecks Of seed to the acre, this
quantity producing AIN large yield
| of seed as would result from more
liberal seeding But it has been DEM
lonstrated that by sowing four to ave
|pecks to the acre q much larger
/ growth OF straw results while the
/ seed yield Is not diminished, nor its
quality impaired. The straw grows
higher and more lixuriant, affording
Ishade that retards the growth of for
| eign plant life. Thus by using more;
liberal quaint lies of seed, the latter
lot high gradey the tonnage per acre OF
Iclean straw lis largely Increased, the
farmer obtains more money for the
| crop and the fax Irvine manufactures
secures a longer and therefore a more
desirable fiber, HE best results are
Iobtained when not less than one
bushel OF seed per acre Is sown and
i've pecks may often be used to adj
vantage If the soWing of this qslan-
btity diminished the yield of seed the
manu- facturers OF fax tygine would not
advise such liberal seeding, for the
lcost Of producing fax twine depends
upon the yield 6of seed when they pur-s
n ~