The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-05-09
LARGE CROP on flax.
8askatchewan Farmer Gives He Meth.
ode % Securing Bic Weld-Ado-
quote Power % Given &c ono
o. First Esontlals.


Fred Engen OF Saskatoon, saa-
katchewan, who harvested 5000 bush
els Of FAX last year from $500 acres.
writes Dry Farming OF his methods.
as follows:
we built a box eight feet by three
feet wide for each drill. In this we
put four bushels OF fax ia the end
We used two gallons Of f~ormaldehyde
solution. according to the usual
directions, TO the four bushels. We
used a kasomining pump sprayer to
spray the solution on the fax, and
with one man standing at the oppo-
site end OF the seed box and stirring
the fax seed as the solution was
sprayed on It over into the empty
space in the box. When the solution
was thus sprayed on the fax we
covered the boz with p blanket for
three-quarters Of an hour; then we
stirred the fax again, and after IS
or 20 minutes It was ready for the
drill. This Is an easy method Of
treating fax. and / believe It is the
most convenient
The soil upon which I grew $4,000
bushels Of fax Is a very heavy clay.
The breaking WAS done in the fore
summer, and the ground was properly
disked and narrowed, and last spring
we went over It with a double har-
row before we started seeding. Our
seed was grown at Zealandia and
Delisle on new land, and was very
clean. We started seeding on April
"a, and used Is pounds to the acre
Our fax averaged 90 bushels to the
acre.
MY experience In farming has led
me to the conclusion that the gem
eral impression regarding our sea-
sons shortness for the production Of
our small grain without injury by
frost is more or less an error charge
able to the lack of power employed
In farming operations. I wish 70
draw attention to the fact that !
started to seed fax on April "a. If
l had had four engines with FIVE drills
to each engine l would have been
able to have had Hy four sections in
in Eve days, whereas It was May 20
when / finished seeding. When fall
came the first fax sown was cut
three weeks before the last sown, and
therefore It is manifest that If | had
sown that acreage in five days
would have had fully three weeks
advancement in the commencement
of ~threshing. II one measures the
working power employed with the
acreage under cultivation one will
find that it is utterly inadequate. Il
a man has only a yoke of cattle anC
farms an acreage accordingly he Ii
surely better off than covering
large amount Of ground without any
payable results.
1T has been my experience that al
the land which I have worked proper
ly and seeded quickly when the
spring has opened up has given no
ordinary results. but abundant, anc
If we could only learn to farm hal
the quantity, unless we have surplu.
power. u results would furnish nj
such disappointments as they hav,
done this last season in many cases.
1 6oWGu AdA LMo 70 butG6 anu
half inch deep. OF course 1t Nigh
not apply on all soils, or in all sea
sons, but / shall take my chance o
sowing deep and early. and sowing /
as quickly as possible. and be abreas
with the season.
Il passed my fax, which wa
shipped from my own elevator
through a cleaner twice. If any NOR.
cleaning is necessary the purchase
has to do it himself.
Gas to breaking and seeding fax Il
the spring: This in my opinion is
doubtful work, but If undertaken
should be four inches deep, whic
will give It a fair depth to disk, bu
after the breaking one should use
heavy packer Immediately after tn
pillow. If one has depth enough tn
seeders should follow the packer, an
then the harrow"