Show FLAX RAISING profitable INDUSTRY one of the test crops being grown this season on the gunn son experiment barnt is that of flax wl lie a new pro emit in this stion s tion it is found that flax thrives well even on our clay so 1 and will yield abundantly with corn ively small attention after seed is started through A by product of the article is linseed oil as well as the oil cake nade from the cru aings commod afe of trade that are quite extensive if when matured the experiment farm s test m growing of flax proves at all satis fac tory and at present writing there ib every on it will our farmers would dovell to obtain seed a d p ant dext season an attempt was made in the early days of utah says the deseret news to foater the growing of flax and a mill was fitted for crushing the seed extracting the oil but for some reason the vent ire was not successful aej the attempt was abandoned A company will shortly be formed in salt lake city for the purpose of raising flax and handling the seed so as to extract the oil which as everyone knows u li i seed 1 mr A ogle who lives at nort ninth west salt lake city considers that there is every requisite for success here in sp te of the former failure he bays he cama from missouri where he has had about twenty deais experience in raising flax there he says they planted nearly 1000 acres of flax which produced from 17 to 25 bushels of seed to the acre in the poorest he coi siders that better re suits ought to be obtained here in utah because the cl mate is more ad apted and there is the advantage of of irrigation he also says that the dry farm lands in seasons like the re cent ones would be very favorable to the flax industry edward cox of salt lake who came to utah in and who helped to con the flour mill of heber kim ball says that the lower part 01 the m 11 was constructed expressly for the manufacture of linseed oil the machin ery being brought from europe re garding the value of oil cake mr cox says after my experience ath this oil cake I 1 have no hesitation in pro oune ing it the best and r chest of all extra feed in the shape of grain for cows I 1 have no recollect on ever to have had milk and cream of such quality quantity as when this cake was used besides I 1 believe that if stock were fed with oil cake tuberculosis be short lived among cattle one advantage thi cake has it can bo packed and kept an indefinite time as it will not deteriorate I 1 remember very well how acx ous people to get the oil cake in these days and a good market could now be found for it and I 1 have no hesi tation in g it would fetch the highest price of any stock food now being fed pound for pound gu on gazette |