Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20

surface OF the land Is SO little stirred
that frequently the seed is not all
covered. In fact much Of it is left
uncovered. Were it not that it is fire.
quently sown as the first crop on new
land the yield would be much less
than 1t is.
The fax crop is sown late as rule
This in grain growing area is
great advantage, as 1T makes it pos
sible to SOW the other crops earlier
than fax and also to reap them earlier,
thus dividing better the work of the
seed time and the harvest. The month
Of May is the usual time for sowing
fax in the American Northwest, but
1t is more commonly sown late in May
and during the first half of June than
earlier. Good crops of fax have been
grown sown as late as the end of
June, but an early autumn frost would
undoubtedly nip such crops. The best
season for sowing, all things consid.
cred. is the last half of May.
More frequently the land is plowed
for flax in the spring than in the au-
tumn. The aim Is to put on land
broken from grass. When the break
ing is new the blowing is shallow,
not more than three to four inches.
When from timothy sod 1t ia about
four inches. In the future not very
distant nearly all the fax grown will
be produced from tame grass sod
The blowing should be carefully done,
all the ground being turned over. It
should then be rolled at once with q
heavy roller to make 1t even and
smooth. Then, If the blowing is done
early, it should be disked to aid in
the retention of moisture and probably
also narrowed. When treated thus
the blowing should be done early
rather than late.
The aim should be to SOW the crop
with the drill. It should be sown
shallow, ~ shallow an the drill will
sow 1t to cover it. unless whore the
danger II present that the soil will
blew. The seeded should be Ane
and Arm. but not necessarily deep.
From one-half to one bushel of seed
| 10 sown per acre. When the sell is
we'll prepared and the seed Is good
not more than half bushsl Of seed
II used and 1t ID seldom that more
than three pseks are necessary.
| Under all conditions, unless where
the farmer grows all his own seed
and 10 absolutely sure that max wilt
IL not present, he sheuld treat his
i seed with solution OF formaldehyde
before sowing 1t. This IL best done
by first cleaning the seed. This Il
important. AZ fornalin will not Kill
the fungous germs found on bits o.
straw, chair or old, shriveled seeds
The solution Is one pound Of formal
dehyde to forty-flve gallons of water
The seed Is spread on a floor and I.
shoveled over constantly to proven
particles from adhering when wetted
The solution should be applied slow
ly and evenly by using force pump
with finely perforated nozzle ant
which throws fine, mistlike spray
One-half gallon is called for to !.
bushel OF fax. II the max wilt oncs
gets into the ground there is no say
ing when that ground will be fire.
from It,
At present tho waste of fax fiber Il
enormous. The straw Is nearly al
burned. Recently. however, the man
ufacture of the straw into binding
Irvine has been begun. Much of the
straw will probably be used in tina
way in the future. Both fax ant
straw are purchased for such work
the fax being separated from tn
straw at the mills. A longer fiber il
wanted for this work than il usual.
grown.
Nearly all the fax grown in tn,
United States is ground and oil ez
tracted therefrom. The larger POI
ton by far of the oil cake resulting il
sent to Europe. This is not only
grand food for live stock, when fed il
, moderation, but it is exceedingly ricl
in fertilizing ingredients. These ar
! forever lost to American soils.