Show PROFIT IN SEED FLAX N no 0 reason why crop cannot be raised on old land domestic supply does not equal demand larger returns received from it than from small grains in northwest Ore prepared pared by the united st atnes lea department ol of agriculture the production of bit fla x seed in the united states has been less than tile tho lemand demand since 1009 1900 and under certain conditions it may be profitable to pay ilore attention to this crop although flaxseed lins has always been regarded as a I 1 crop for new land and at the present time Is grown roost most extensively in minnesota the dakotas and montana there Is no reason why hy more flax should not be raised on old annd and in the upper mississippi valley farmers east of minneapolis and D duluth u luth should not at attempt tempe however to i raise flaxseed in small quantities without co operative shipping arrangements because of the lack ol of markets in the east where flax can be sold in less than carload cm load lots two reasons fo for the abandonment to a large extent of flaxseed ns as a crop in the older states were the targe large production on new load and the prevalence of disease DI disease sense however can be minimized by the proper treatment nent of seed and an soil boll As aa has been said tile the domestic supply dots docs lot liot now equal tho demond demand on the oilier land farmers in the northern states are learning that wheat cannot always be relied upon ind a nd that it la a mistake to make this their one cash crop As a matter of tact fact for n number of years yeara the average return per acre from flax in north dakota minnesota and wisconsin lias has been greater than from any other small grain the farmer who is about to engage in the production ot of flaxseed should first obtain it a good supply ot of seed the best plan Is to get this from someone in n the locality who lias has it a good yielding stand os of flax flar tree free from weeds and disease it if this Is not pos possible lible tho ilia agricultural experiment station in the sante or the bureau of plant industry united states department nt of agriculture may tic be applied 0 to o for further advice the cleansing elv ansIng of the ille seed with a fanning mill mil tho the is lection election ot of tho the lar largest est and plumpest plum pest seda eds and with a solution composed of one pound of commercial byde of standard strength to 40 gal long ions of water ater tire strongly recommended where flax to Is grown continuously on the same land disease often develops J in spite of these and other precautions A rotation which includes a cul J crop hlll will go far toward over coming this difficulty if flax wilt li Is known to be present flax should not be grown in the same field more thant than i once in every cery five years unless rei varieties are used in plan t ning rotations it Is best to have flax follow some cultivated crop rather than a small grain the small email grains can 1 follow the flax spring plowing will usually give better results than fall plowing and a firm well prepared seedbed Is essential it appears to be a m T stake how over ever to put oft off sowing until juno I 1 a common practice in tile the northwest tests have lave shown that in the north j t ern orent great plains the best results are usually obtained from the latter part of april to the first week of may int in tho the high dry plains seeding may inay bo somewhat later from 15 t to 0 85 pounds of seed to the acre Is sufficient fori the production of seed flax although it higher rate 13 commonly used when A tile tho crop Is 18 grown for fiber I 1 ruller details in regard to the pro 1 of this crop ore are contained ln ini f farmers bulletin no a new pub i li cation of tile the united st states ates depart ment of agriculture |