Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-01

ware merchant and chairman of the
finance committee of the Dickinson
Commercial club, now being at work
on the PROJECT.
In Bismarck yesterday Mr.. Andre
citys leading business men al the
club luncheon, and during the after
noon he conferred with delegation
Of prominent Burleigh county far
mers who were in the city for the
state convention of the Farmers
union. He explained to them that
the location of his plant here will
assure a market for all of their flax
straw at price of $500 ton, de-
livercd loose to the nearest station,
If threShed; or $500 a ton for flax
which has not matured, or which
for other causes does not warrant
threshing. Mr.. Andersen explained
further that his company will pay
farmers in the immediate vicinity of
Bismarck who will haul their fax to
the plant TO be threshed $500 a ton
for the straw; will charge nothing
for the threshing, and will guarantee
an average Of one bushel more seed
to the acre than results from the or
binary threshing process. The higher
price is offered for unthreshed straw
because of the longer fibre which it
affords
To Utilize Ry-Product.
The shive, which has heretofore
constituted waste of fifty per cent
or the straw consumed by such plants
will, under Mr.. Andresen's process,
be manufactured into a very profit.
able by-product in the form of stock
1000, which can be placed on the
price now charged for similar feeds.
imported from the Twin Cities and
other points. Eureigh county, Mr..
Andersen states. will produce ninety
per cent OF all the raw material which
enters into this stock-food, and the
consumer will save freight both ways
while the plant will realize the us.
ual profit.
Big Demand for Products.
There is a fast growing demand
for tow, the simplest product of the
North Dakota flax, and to which the
Bismarck mill would contine itself
Tor the present. With prices advan-
eng so rapidly for even the toughest
max products; with the impending
famine of materials for the paper
industry; and with the ever-present
possibility of the development of a
llnen industry, our farmers, Mr.. An.
dresen states, may see the day in a
very few years when their flax straw
VIII be worth $1,000 per ton. This
Gay Will come, of course, only after
the Importance of properly cultivat-
Ing and handling the straw. as
marketable product, has been gen
orally realized.
Inc flax products man will spend
the next six weeks in Bismarck
ana vicinity, contracting with the
farmers for acreage, and satisfying
himself as to the prospects for a
mill at this point, unless $4,000
acres can be contracted for, the mill
Will not be established, but, as
radius of fifty miles from Bismarck
VIII be covered, there will be, it is
thougnt, no difficulty in securing
more than sufficient acreage.
Farmers to Meet.
"A general meeting of Missouri
Slope farmers who are Interested in
a good market for their flax straw.
VIII be held in the Commercial club
rooms Saturday afternoon, April Is.
AS the Old Settlers reunion will he
neld on the evening of this same
Gay, large attendance for the aft.
ernoon session is expected.
Within the next week, Mr.. Andre
sen VIII also meet with the business
interests of Bismarck and will adj
wise them as to the benefits which
tney may derive from the proposed
plant.