The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1912-04-12

products II al manutAcsugs, III etc
and oil meal nov have . dlsslnct valuD,
Llnseed oil y ussd In paint. oiIeioth,
linoleum and many other articles c0ns-
mOuiy In ~. A. yet M satlslact0sy
Substitute he's lpeen found hpr lntssvd
oil. According To good authority. The
industries ~ the Umitsd States uss ~.
nually ab,ut ~, 0OO. OO bushels ~ flag.
They could ssd would uss q. 600
bushels II they could get the SEED.
In tbs year 1910 th%rs wns . great
shortage IN the nax sesd crop owing 10
drouth aud unusually severe attacks q
nag wilt and other iiax diseases 10 the
great flax districts Of the two DAkotss
aud Minnesota. The result was that
ths United States wss oosnpslled toim-
port dax seed 10 the value Al from go,
OOO, 600 10 VI, 000. 900. Most II THE
flax seed cane from, Argentina. The
Argentina supply was limited - that
many linseed oil nilIs In the United
States and England wers forced 10 op.
crate Oh short supplies OF suspeod OPP
sratious entirely. The heavy demand
and short supply forcsd prices II flag
seed aud linssed oil TO very high fxurss.
At times nax seed has been worth ~. 80
per bushel To the grower. Reed fiax 10
now worth around -. 90 perll,ushsi.
The year 1910 was M drouthy year
o. We are liable Ia encounter, yet 6ax
was successfully grown near Sterling
and 1t several points along the Union
Pacific aud RGk Island Railroads In
the "Divids Country" south aud east
Of Denver.
Flax was also grown under irrigation
1t few prints. In Middle Park II
wss successfully grown At All elevation
Of 1000 feet.
Hence we may say that II may be
grown almost any where IN the state.
On the plains, Il wiil probably do best
In the "Divide County," aud north
ward to the Wyoming line. Colorado
fax has 20 far been Of very high quail
ity. Kansas CITY oil mills report Que
shipment of fax seed from, the "Divieie"
to be Of very superior quality.
Flax will grow on almost any fertile
s0ii. II makes the most and best
growth on properly cultivated LOANS
aud clayS. sandy soils produce
shorter growth of straw aud usually
lower seed yields.
Flax requires rich soil for profitab
growing. Ordinarily u N . waste Of
time toattewp, to produce fax on poor,
weak soils.
II WAS formerly believed that fax
was hard on the land; that II took out
fertility very strongly and rapidly.
We now know, from the results NJ rx-
periments performed In North Dakota,
Minnesota aud other Experiment
stations that fiax r. not . particularly
heavy feeder. Oats. wheat, harley aud
corn II our common crops are Rro~ser
feeders upon soil fertility. The expert
ments 81 Bailey IN North Dakota prov
sd that the reduction In yields, WHERE
fiax had grown continually, wss due TO
disease which got inio the soil aud at.
tackled the roots Of the flax. The worst
of These dissass b flax wilt. This 10 the
disease which causes flax sick" land.
The disease may simply reduce the
crop yield or Il may entirely kill the
crop. On account II this disease, nax
should ordinarily be grown on the land
only one year In i've or six. The
disease Ia capable Of living In the soli
three or four years.
Preparation 81 the soil wlll vary &C.
cordlng 10 whether old or new land b
ussd Tor the crop. s
Flax b . Rood sod land crop 10
normal SEASONS. The sad should BE-
broken q 10 thres Inch "a deep, u pos.
sible when moist. The furuw sllc~
should he turned N nearly upside down
aud ~ Hat ~ po~aible. The breaking
pillow sho1ld be followed ~ closely ~
passlble With y heavy roller, ruling
the sod until u h perfectly fiat and hes
good contact with the aoIl below. For
this purn~~ the corrugated iron or
corrugated home made cement rollrrr
ere l'est though the work may hs done
With . heavy, smooth roller or even
with . disk harrow. set straight aud
weighted. After oll,ns. the sod should
IN harrowed once az twice with n |
heavy spike.too,h harrow, running the
hasrow l~ngthwise u the breaking.
The chief points 10 be observed In |
preparing old land for DAG are: To
have the land made clean of weeds by |
the pr~viasa cropping. FLAG hr reed
production grown rather thinly on the
land, consequently II must he put on
clean land. Weeds not only rrsitcs