Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-15

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2. Selection of good strain or va
| riety Of seed.
! 3, Selection of seed of full strength
, free from internal diseases.
! 4. Grading the seed which has been
selected until only. approximately per-
! feet seeds remain, blowing or screen.
| ing out all bits OF straw, chatt ana
dust possible.
5, Seed Acknowledgement OF
the seed by :formaldehyde solution in
such manner as to destroy all germs
of flax diseases that may rest on or
| be sticking to the individual seeds.
6. Sowing the seed at essentially
the proper date.
7. Drilling the seed at the proper
! depth.
s. Pulling or in other manner de-
stroying scattering weeds in the crop,
the seeds of which are difficult to
remove from flax seed after it is
threshed, as for example, mustard,
false flax, French weed.
9. Harvesting the crop at the right
date so that the seeds shall be mature
ind plump but not lost through she'll
ing or injured by weather.
10. Cut it with binder wherever
possible.
II. Thresh it at the first oppor-
nifty after the boles become dry.
~. Previous to harvesting, select
the portion of the field which is most
evenly riCe, harvest thresh and
save your seed for your own use and
for selling to others.
10. Store the seed SO that it shall
remain dry and cool.
IA. Conduct a decent, long series
rotation on your farm. Do not think
of sowing flax more often than once
in five or seven years on the same
land.
Is. At least one we'll cultivated
crop, and one crop of hay and pasture
should intervene between flax crops.
16. In using barnyard manures
never use any uncomposted manure
which has been made out of flax straw
or by animals which have been fed
flax screenings.
II. All growers should observe
these rules, for an infectious disease
is a community affair.
Use the Tanning Mill.
In order to arrive at the above es-
sentials, the first step is to procure
good, bright, plump flax seed and sse
the tanning mill so as to thoroughly
clean the seed, removing everything
but the plumpest, brightest colOred
seed.
Improve Varieties:
As quickly as possible procure a
variety or strain which is known to
be good yielder in your own commu.
nifty. Such variety should in its
pedigree date back to an individual
plant of strong yielding qualities. A
mixture of the different strains and
varieties of flax seed can never be
relied upon to produce even ripenfng
and proper grade of seed. A pure
variety originating in single strain
may be relied upon to give an even
ripening crop under proper culture
conditions.
Test Your Seed.
For those who have done the work
of selecting, grading and curing their
seed properly, there will be no need
of testing it, but for those who are
careless and who think any seed will
do, good rule is to test the seed and
see II it will grow. Seeds which will
not grow are not only loss in them
selves but injurious to the land, for,
If they do not happen to have been
injured by moisture or temperature,
the reason they do not grow is that
they contain disease producing fungi |
which kill the young plants. Any seed
which shows up mouldy in the germi-
mating pan should never be sowed on
the land.
Crop Rotation.
Different kinds of land demand diff
ferent kinds Of crops, and different