Show brors the vally yally vall y farour Fa maur FLAX the usual practice ia is to raise on the same flece ilece bece of land a crop ot of wheat one year and the i text lext year jear flax sowing jhb flax early so as to li aye are it out of the he way for tle tie early wheat sowing in and after the wheat is taken i ff the stubble and a good stock of or clover is turned under by a fal fai fall I 1 plowing there are farmers ahat have hase pursued this couse for twenty years without exhausting hau sting the soil and always reaping profitable harvests every year avoiding the loss toss of every alternate year in summer fallow feig ilig as 13 is usual with most laemers fat fan mers ners the flix trop nop rop when sown thin as ii s tile the practice when ra s ing it for the file seed leaves the land in fine condition for almost aay nay aly other crop a fact which is not generally known or appreciated it is i a vry viry common practice to sow barley and flax to as they mature and are harvested at the tile rame bame time and can be thrashed to gether and tie the tle two very easily separated mith with jouit ui able lable sereena screens in m the fan this practice pra praet elice ice i is ti meeting with much favo rand isaid isai d to be a vl vury vety very ay profitable method of tins tine both ba barley batley ley aey aud and flaxseed flax flix seed aeed indeed some soine farmers fanders as eisert ert that thit k he ic yield of flax seed peed is not diminished by the glow alow geol plow bili kili lh of the hari harl barler barley nor is is file tile yield of the barlev barley labb Is 8 oil ori 0 account ot of the flax reed k give 1 hse hsc h sc se ite fiteni minore more for the expectation that cery c ery ery cry i lapiner trw irr wier iier vill vt make inake tests teats for lii lil himself n thion thino h it UP will wiil lok tok the as set tied lied f s r all AH kirri i t filinis pi i ona oua in all locality localities loca liti L g but n fit ein fir en fin i IT T r e tain fain than that the farmers armors t u i V e IWO the length and br aoh ach t pi valey valley can make tili tilt chiava f cl a very profitable crop rop riot second in value to towhead wheat gorn corn or any other diner the seed always commanding ready sale bale for or cash nt lit high prices we subjoin some practical directions NATURE or OF THE TIM SOIL almost any kid hind ki hid d of soil will grow flaxseed successfully especially such as are adapted to wheat if sown on rich bottom lands you get a luxuriant growth of straw stray but not BO so much seed as when sown on upland clay hardpan or sandy lands land are better for a good yield ol 01 seed though rich leamor prairie lands are good especially if they are rolling and well weil drained it must be borne in mind that selection with a view to a good crop of seed is quite different from one for a good crop of fabre fibre the one re quiring harder dryer soil soll while the other should have havela a low rich moist land A dry season is is favorable to a crop of seed reed while a wet season is almost indispensable to a good cro u of 0 f the fi fl bre OF THE GROUND the ground for tor flaxseed should be plowed the fall before and again in the spring and finally pulverised pulverized sed with a heavy drag thorough deep plowing and pulverising pulverizing rising the ear eat ilias far as possible should never be neglected the seed should be sown broadcast and should have as light a covering of earth as possible and to this eld end a brush should be used instead of a drag so as not to cover the seed too deep the field should be laid off in furrows or lands and trenches run with the plow to carry off the tile surplus water TIME or OF SOWING it maybe sown as early in the tile Fril spring ring as can be done with safety against frost many persons attention to frost and sow quite early arly ariy some even sow it nn on the snow in february and march as about nineteen cases in twenty the frost does not injure it but there is a particular stage of lle ile lie the growth of the young sprout when if the frost takes it it will perish which which gives the preference prefer price to ordinary spring sowing if not sown till rather late in the spring it frequently does not get sufficient growth before dry we weather ather overtakes it therefore sow late enough to avoid frost and early enough to secure early spring rains KIND OF SEED particular attention should be taken to get large full and well matured seed for sowing where the crop crp has lies been very thick on n the ground the stalk is pale and weakly and does not afford sufficient maturity for the berry and feed reed froni from such a crop should always be avoided the best plan is to have one corner of 0 a field sown on purpose to get seed for sowing tile the next year and on this corner the less seel seed sped you yo U can get evenly scattered over the ground the more vigorous and matured will be tile the stalks and tile the seed there are different varieties of flax eed and some are preferable to others for their seed yielding and oil producing qualities but it is so difficult to get any pure species it is ii perhaps better to disregard varieties and select seed for tor its apparent goodness always sow pure flaxseed without any mixture of foreign seeds too much care cannot be taken on this point re be particular to riddle out all yellow grass coc coe kle mustard rape rope or other seeds and starting with a pure seed you will have no difficulty d with foul stuff and will always have the greatest yield per acre and obtain tile the highest price when you market your seed QUANTITY OF SEED much difference of opinion exists in regard to the quantity of seed to be sown per ac acre reut I 1 but the probability is that the quantity should shoud be varied according to tile condition of the ground season tc the most successful raisers tice lice very light sowing some even as low aa as eight quarts per acre but b ut a fair average ty for all farms and all circumstances is say from twelve to twenty quarts when whon the crop is 19 cultivated exclusively for the seed thus securing plenty of room for the stalks to stand upon the ground and spread out their branches and give the sun access to their roots and euring securing se strength onearth of earth for nourishment and maturity of odthe the stalk when sown thin the stalk branches nearly down to the ground and each branch is loaded with bowls bowis when sown thick the stalks are spindling and weak and onen oden have but a single sin gle gie berry on th the top and perli peril tipa apa no seed at all besides burth ened with a thick mass miss of flax fabre fibre is good for nothing for years yeara after when sown thin for the seed tile the fabre fibre is very short and coarse and andin in the new linen process as well as for the paper mills is quite equal to the gine fine fabre fibre in ireland where the finest linen f ia is produced it is not uncommon to see as much as twelve bushes bushels of seed sown to the acre so tabt the stalks are little above fine threads grow in ing M up through each other in a dense mass and producing no seed at all in russia the german states stales ct ates aies and other portions of europe and in ind india the quantity sown is regulated more to a vie kiev of both oth seed and fabre fibre and the quantity ranged from froni i 1 4 to 2 34 3 4 bushels per I 1 acre TIME foru fort flaxseed Pl should be put before it is ripe when the ihm bowls are beginning to pass piss from the tile yellow to tile the brown color and it 11 iq 11 better to let it lie a few hours if the weather is dy 0 J before binding it up so that the seed can fd gik h and ard and ripen from tile tiie nutriment remaining in the stalk if it is quite bite rip ripe a large proportion of the seed will be lost in gathering the crap manner MASKER OF GAT hering nERING the crop can be cut wih with a cradle el or in any of f the tile usual modes anter after laying ayin in 09 ito swath a few hours it should be bound up in bundles and put in stack or barn secure from the weather some farmers mow the crop the same as hay alid add handle it in bulk but tile the best beat way is to cradle rake and bind in bundles ag TIME zime AND MODI it should be threshed as earl eari early y in the fall as poss possible alite and in a time of dry weather for afi if it t lies too long the seed beed is apt to adhere to the shell and is more difficult t to thresh and cle cie clem in up and for the same reason it should not be threshed in damp weather CLEANING CP UP AND MARKETING the seed reed should be cleaned up on a barn hoor floor and in still weather when it is cleaned up in the field or when thu tbt wind is driving dust about the dust and dirt gets in with tile the seed and a great deal adheres to the seed in spite of all efforts to clean it with the fan ca cailing ising it to look dull and dusty and the oil makers will not buy it as primp prime seed when it is cleaned up and ready for market it should ile lie put into new strong b bags is for there is no other seed or cram that will creep out of si small a hole or that is so likely to burst the bag if the seed is plump and clean and your half bushel is correct you will find that it will more than hold out by weight the standard weight ofa of a bushel is fifty six pounds and you will find that prime seed will go sixty pounds Y |