The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-03
FLAX FIBRE MACHINE.

To The Forum: Believing that the
matter herein presented is Of great
interest and benefit to the Dakota
farmers, the writer Of this respectfully
requests The Forum to publish this
article.
Briefly speaking the writer came to
Fargo to have the Fargo foundry make
a sample machine of a new invention
relative to obtaining fibre from flax
straw, previously threshed out to OBJ
tain the seed in such a manner as to
leave the stalks full length. The man
| ayers Of the Fargo foundry did not
make a sample machine and no other
opportunity is at hand to have one
made. So that the public trial that
| was arranged for at the United States
experiment station cannot be made as
am compelled to go to the twin
cities or to Chicago to have a sample
machine made. The inventor will prob
ably have to get the bulk of the con-
struction of the machine there also,
and the probabilities are that it will
take two months to construct any
| number of machines. In order that
| farmers may have some facts to de-
eide whether 1t will pay them to hold
their fax for time so as to get the
benefits of the profits from the fibre
/ present my claims as to the opera.
ton Of the machine
The blue prints were shown to a
number OF experts, some Of which were
President Worst. also the foundry
Machinist Graham, also the secretary
of the Commercial club, all of whom
pronounced the machine practical.
In short, the machine is intended in
the first operation to thresh the seed
out of flax clean, and in the second
operation to break, scutch and hackle
out the woody matter and deliver the
clean fibre at the rear Of the machine
Then after the threshed straw has
been prepared by retting in water OF
spread on the meadows to be rettec
by the dew, which takes from thirt,
to forty-five days for the second oper.
alton, there is also provided a vince
attachment to finish the cleaning n,
the fibre. We will state the least IN,
work can be done for by hard worlr !.
! 81 per hundredweight, and also a vast
OF 20 per cent of the finest of the fibre
Saving this and cost, not exceeding Il
cents is the benefit of the machine
Besides, the machine will thresh ~,
alfalfa and clover seed better than /
separator; also beans and peas. Grail
can also be threshed, but not in ,
commercial way.
In handling flax for fibre il shouIi
be cut on green side, thrown orr /,
bundles and set up right away. staclrot
as soon as dry this year. AS laav,ns
1T stand on bare ground ruins abou
four inches of the fibre, thus lessenin,
the price obtainable. This wear |;
will probably pay as to run fiav IN !,
eighteen inches high through tho san
arator Flax two feet high and, thicl
stand VIII probably net $40 per acr
In nbre. Those growing flax on a larg
scale VIII be benefited more by Obtain
Ing and testing a machine this fall !
tney Will have the experience to i,Idg
II 1t will pay them to save AaS -
hbre This on good clean gronna |,
safe to net them $50 per acre ~ ,,ras
ent prices, and 500 is possible.
For this It is necessary tn SOW ~,
bushels per acre, hence it viii he ~,
Ter II very little seed is sold Th
writer Is confident that he can bav
the machines made on commerc,a
scale within two months and will :
doubt be advertised by people handl;n
them, and there will be additional ~
FORMATION published. Now is the tim
you had better obtain the A. q hui
1letins ~ Professor Bolley. The write