The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-28
AK0TAF FLAX
ACREAGE RECORD IS
PROSPECT FOR 1880
Idea, Flax Is Hard on the Land
Dissipated, MilIoy Tells
Conference
FAIR RETURN IS INDICATED
Generally Regarded as Proper
Cash Crop to Take Place
of Wheat in N. D.
FAIR RETURN IS INDICATED

There Is every indication that North
Dakotas flax acreage for 1880 will at
least be equal to and may be larger
than the states record acreage in
1924 Of 1875, 900 acres, James s.. Mil
10y, secretary of the Greater North
Dakota association, told the flax de-
velopment conference held in Mime
apolis today. The North Dakota
acreage in 1929 vas 1,463.000 acres. an
increase Of $4,000 acres over 1928,
he declared.
The conference Is held annually
under the auspices Of the national
Flax Development committee of
which L. p. Nemzeik of Parlin, N. J.
Is chairman. MI. Nemzek, q graduate
Of the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege, is associated with the E. I. de-
Pont de Nemours and company.
Representatives Of the farm schools
Of Minnesota, the Dakotas and Mon
tana, and others interested in flax
development. are in attendance at the
conference.
Highlights of the flax situation in
North Dakota, as outlined by Mr..
Miloy to the conference, follow:
North Dakota has become flag.
minded again.
! Experts Of the North Dakota
Agricultural college have dissi.
patod quite generally tho idea
that "flax b hard on the land"
The increasing Of the flax tar
III from 40 cents to IS cents BY
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year ana the chance for an add
tfonal increase under the tariff
bill now before congress indicate
fair returns on the states flax
crop.
Combines are now used to har.
vest about one-fifth Of North
Dakota's small grains and flax IL
an ideal crop for harvesting by
combine.
Flax has been found q good crop to
follow sweet clover In the rotation
| system generally used throughout
! North Dakota and the states sweet
clover acreage last year exceeded $780,
| 600 acres.
Flax is generally regarded as the
| proper cash crop to take the place Of
| wheat in the trend toward reducing
| wheat acreages in most sections of
the state.
The Greater North Dakota asso-
| citation met with distinct success last
| year in sponsoring an acreage CAM
paign to supplement the research and
/ educational work Of the Agricultural
! college on flax and plans call for en-
larging this promotional effort dur
ing March and April.
Moisture conditions are excellent In
North Dakota today with every indi-
cation that conditions during the
| spring months viii be ideal for plant
ing flax.
Preliminary Investigations indicate
/ that there will be ample seed supply
in North Dakota for planting an In
! creased acreage Of flax.
Campaign IL Success
The Greater North Dakota associa-
| tion, the speaker declared, carries on
its flax acreage on the same plan used
In other farm development campaigns.
It uses field men to cover the state.
locating sources Of seed supply and
| sections where seed Is needed and
provides. contact between the two.
It sets up flax acreage committees
from among Its members in each
town and these committees make q
personal canvass Of farmers In their
respective territories to urge greater
flax acreage. Every precaution il
taken by the association and its local
committees, he said. to advise farm
ers not to plant flax On land not suit
able for this crop, to use seed that ID
certified Is to purity and termination
and not to overdo the acreage effort
but to fit It into = better balanced
cropping program.