California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 19, Number 6, 3 April 1863 — The Flax Culture. [ARTICLE]

The Flax Culture.

Tmt culture of Klux (remarks the C'.ermantown Telegraph), 80 long discontinued in this region (Pennsylvania), as to be beyond almost the remembrance of the present generation, has again become a production of importance. About a third of a century ago it was gradually elbowed out of the farmer's catalogue by the introduction of cotton and the invention of superior machinery for its manufacture into cloth. Hut the tables are again turned : cotton cannot be obtained at prices nnd in sufficient quantities to meet the pockets and the requirements of the community— and flax must again ascend the throne and become king once more, however short the reign mny be. In the coming season our farmers will go largely into the Max-raising crop; and upon nearly every farm will be found from one to five acres of this now peculiarly valuable staple So profitable, indeed, at ruling prices, has Max become, that as much as one hundred dollars an acre was realized, clear of all expenses, last year, even in the New England States. The price of flaxseed itself is now selling at between three and four dollars ft hushal, nnd will probably reach the latter sum before the first of May.