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Show HIGH QUALITY FLAX It Is One of Most Promising Crops for Dry Land. Growa Better on Loam and Clay Soil Than on Sandy and Makes Good Sod Crop Under Proper Conditions. lHy AI.VIN KKYSCIt. Colorado Agil-cultural Agil-cultural foll.i;- ) Tb high prices which have prevailed pre-vailed for llax Kt id have been due to the extreme shortage of the crop 1" 1910. Flax may he grown under litigation or (ui the dry land In proper ci. millions. mil-lions. It Is one of the proml dug each crops for dry land. In n ii'ii.tl HcaHotis, on properly prepared rolls. It will probably average Hutu 1J to IS bushels to the acre. Flax grows lust upon a inolst, wll r'umpiwteij s, e, bed. It grows !;!. -r j on It. am and clay soil than on sandy j mil, but will produce good cn.ps on fertile, sai.ily lands. F!.t m.'l s a i nod sod crop until r proper eotidi: ion When grown upon sod. the br -.ilihur I Hl'ould bo done whin the soil Is mni , to a depth of two and a half 'o tiifo ! Incl.es. The breaking Hl.o.ih; bo j toll' t! tlow u perfectly Hat. s i us to make good contact Willi the nule-oit, 1 the rolling In leg done Immediately I ! Iter the breaking. After Itdliiv, the ; breaking should be harrowed b n".;!i- wise once or twice to produce a mulch j at the Hurfare. Flax may then be planted upon this prepared soil land, using twen'v pounds of good, plump seed to ti e 1 acre. The pli.nting may preferably be done with a disk press drill, plant-lug plant-lug from one to two inches In depth, depending upon soil conditions Whether planted upon new land or upon old lands, the soil should be moist lu the spring to Insure Fuccess. If planted upon old lands, It shouM only be planted upon lands whith lire (loan and free from weeds. If the land Is plowed, It should be plowed very early to permit thorough com paction pac-tion before planting Flax mav bo planted upon corn stubble by idmp'y disking anil harrowing the sut'a-.'. (inly the brightest, (lump"". '111111 1 Meanest hciiIh should be planted, as l!,ix diseases may be tarried by I shrunken llax seed. To prevent bringing In llax diseases, seed should j be treated with formaldehyde. The ! treating solution Is made by adding I of;e ounce of 41 per cent formaldehyde : to two and a half gallons of water and stirring thoroughly to mix. This j amount of solution Is sufTlt lent to i treat five bushels of seed. I.e. one-half gallon will treat one bushel of seed. The seed should be placed on the floor In a pile, or upon canvas, ant) j sprinkled. After the sprlngling, tl." pile should be shoveled over as cor.- crte is mixed to thoroughly mix the j seed. The sprinkling anil shoveling Fhoiiltl be repeated four or five time, or until all the seed Is thoroughly moist on the otitslilo. After treatment, treat-ment, the seed should be covered U) i with canvas or gunny sacks or some similar material, and left for two I hours, lifter which It may be planted I at once. If It cannot be planted at once. It should tie spread out and thoroughly dried, j Seeding should he done as early In ' the spring as possible ami escape hard frosts. The time will vary from the i 1st to the 1'ith of May In most parts ! of the state. The wedlng should he I done by a press drill, using about 1 twenty pounds of plump, treated seetl j to the acre. The seeding should be j done a uniform depth to Insure unl-j unl-j form ripening. I |