. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 20 BULLETIX 1092, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. acreage required, it was more practical after this time to follow the method used with seed flax, that of sowing in 7-inch drill rows at the rate of about one- half bushel per acre. If by a thin rate of seeding 40 seeds could be obtained for each one planted, then each harvest season would multiply the number of pounds of seed by 40. From two harvest seasons in a year the number of seeds started with could be multiplied by 40 twice, or by 40 and again by 40, which is 1
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 20 BULLETIX 1092, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. acreage required, it was more practical after this time to follow the method used with seed flax, that of sowing in 7-inch drill rows at the rate of about one- half bushel per acre. If by a thin rate of seeding 40 seeds could be obtained for each one planted, then each harvest season would multiply the number of pounds of seed by 40. From two harvest seasons in a year the number of seeds started with could be multiplied by 40 twice, or by 40 and again by 40, which is times. It is necessary to grow flax as a winter crop in a southern climate in order to secure two harvests the same year, and Porto Eico gave promise of being a suitable place. In 1917 a small trial plat of flax as a spring crop in Porto Eico gave a splendid growth, and in the spring of 1918 an in- crease of 26 times was secured, but owing to delay in the shipment the seed arrived too late for spring plant- ing in Michigan. The idea was then con- ceived of planting a fall crop in Porto Eico, so as to allow time enough for the seed to be shipped north in the spring and arrive in due season for sowing. The flax seed which had been increased 42 times in the summer of 1918 at East Lansing was planted the last. Fif; 9.—Fiber of pedigreed fiber flax (at left) compared witli that of the Blue-Blossom Dutch variety (at right).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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