Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-23

and the acre yield was around Is
bushels. Farmers in some localities
obtained better than 20 bushels an
acre.
In addition to good prices and good
yields, growers in the vicinity of the
f1axseed-oil mills bought their linseed-
oil meal for the live stock at carload
rates and their linseed oil on the same
basis. A saving of s. or more ton
was made ON oil meal and proper
tionate amount ON linseed oil. Those
living close enough to the mills saved
the freight charges by hauling the flax
seed to the mills themselves.
Flax Grows Well in Wisconsin.
When suitable conditions are pro-
vided flax yields exceptionally well in
Wisconsin. When grown as a pure
crop it is very important to plant it
on clean land, that is, on soil that is
reasonably free from weed seeds. Sod
lands, such as old pastures, meadows
and clover lands, are the best. limo
thy sod may give fair results. If sod
is not available, the flax should fol-
low corn, provided the corn was kept
reasonably free from weeds.
The heavy clay soils of the lake
shore region extending from Milwau-
kee to Green Bay, the Fox River val
ley and around Lake Winnebago are
especially suited to the growing of
fax. Some of the highest acre yields
on record in the state were obtained
i'll these sections in 1924, and high
yields have been common there for
many years. Very good yields also
have been obtained on the red clay
soils of the Lake Superior region.
Flax should be planted early with
oats, for it can Withstand frosts. Flax
does best on good, small-grain soils ;
the fertile clays and silt loans are
most suitable. Light, sandy soils, poor
hilIsides and poorly drained soils are
not suitable. Properly drained marshes,
Including peat soils, that are we'll
Sodded are very satisfactory the first
year.
Whenever the soil has many weeds,
the flax should not be seeded on it
other than in combination with wheat,
oats or barley. A particularly useful
practice may be quite helpful this
spring. where winter wheat has been
partially winter killed. In this case
two or three pecks of flax are seeded
with a disk drill early in the spring
and the resulting mixture of wheat
and flax is harvested together.
Wright believes that the practice of
growing flax in combination Is very
satisfactory in Wisconsin. To grow
and handle flax-grain mixtures re-
Quires no new or special equipment.
The crop is handled in the combina-
ton just as though the small grain
were grown alone. In fact growing
the two together makes easier the
handling of flax. The small grain,
whether it be wheat or oats, keeps
the weeds down during the growing
period and the bundles do not cling
together in the binder at harvesting
time. Shocking can be done better;
the bundles will cure out more even
ly and quickly and the straw will car
ry thy@lgh the cylinder and shakers of
the threshing machine more easily
than when flax is grown alone,
Seed in Mixture.
From various experimental tests the
following mixtures have been found to
be most satisfactory: When flax and
wheat are grown together, the best
proportion is 2 pecks (28 pounds) of
flax and 2 pecks GO pounds) of wheat
to the acre. When flax and oats are