Show LARGE CROP OF FLAX bushels raised on 2 2500 00 acres ores in northwest north W est saskatchewan farmer gives his methods of scouring big yield adequate power Is ra glyen as one of first fred U angon ngen of saskatoon saskatchewan katch katche ewan wun who harvested bush ola 1010 ol 01 of flax last ladt year from acres acres writes dry Fl arming of his ha methods as aa follows we built a box bos eight feet by three toot beet wido vide for each drill in this we put four bushels of flax in the end wo wa used two gallons of formaldehyde 11 solution according to the usual directions to tho tour four bushels we 1 used a kaso mining pump sprayer to spray tho solution on the flax and with one man standing at the opposite end of tho the seed box and stirring the flax seed as the solution was fl sprayed prayed on it over into the empty space in the box when the solution was vas thus sprayed op the flax we covered tho the box with a blanket for three quarters of an hour then we stirred stirred the flax again and after 15 or 20 minutes it was ready forthe for the drill arill this Is an easy method of treating flax and I 1 believe it Is the th most convenient tho the soil upon which I 1 grow grew bushels of flax is a very heavy clay the bp breaking aking was done in the fore summer and the ground was properly disked dished and harrowed and last spring we went over it with a double harrow before wo we started seeding our seed was grown at Zeal andla and on new land and was very clean we started seeding on april 24 and used 25 pounds to the acre our flax averaged 29 bushels to the he acre re my experience in farming has led me to the conclusion that the general impression regarding our seasons shortness for the production of our bur small grain without injury by rost arost Is more or less an error c chargeable to the lack of power employed ial n farming operations I 1 wish to draw araw attention to the fact that I 1 started to seed flax on april 24 if 1 I haddad had had four engines with five drills to ao each engine I 1 would have been able to have had my your four sections in an in five days whereas it was may 20 when I 1 f finished seeding when fall camo the first flax sown was cut three weeks before the last sown and therefore it is manifest that if I 1 had sown that anat acreage in five days I 1 would mould have had fully three weeks advancement ement in the commencement of threshing if one measures the working power employed with the 1 acreage under cultivation one will find that it is utterly inadequate if a man has only a yoke of cattle and arms an acreage accordingly he la Is surely aurely better off than covering a elarge barge amount of ground without any payable results it has uen been my experience that all tho the land fand which I 1 have worked property properly and seeded quickly w when hen the spring has opened up has given not ordinary results but abundant an and d tf if we could only learn to farm calf the quantity unless we have surplus our results would furnish no hsuch uch disappointments aw as they have lone this last season in many cases 1 I sowed bowed flax two to three and a halt half inch deep of course it might not apply on all soils or in all seasons but I 1 shall take my chance clia ace oi of sowing deep and early earli and sowing it it is quickly as possible and be abreast with the season 1 I passed my flax which was rs shipped hipped from my own elevator 1 through orough a cleaner twice if any more cleaning is necessary the purchaser has to do it himself As to breaking and seeding flax in th owr spring this ivl in my opinion to ja a work but it if undertaken it f 1 tz should be four inches deop deep which will give it A a fair depth 15 dish dasic bul after the breaking apte 9 e should use a heavy packer immediately after ti ali e plow blown if f one has depth enough the see seeders ders should follow follon the packer und and then the harrow |