296 Jgricidtaral Gazelle (f X.S. IF, [^p'/7 2. liH)8. 



Notes on Flax Growing 



CiviNti I'AU'ru'ii.ARs OF HKnisii AMI Alstkamax Impohts, and ExTRArrs 



FUOM I'.LI.LKTIN HY ]\I I;. W . L. MaUCKV, J^KPAKT.M KNT OF A(iHICUL- 



TURE, Wasjiington, I'.S.A., HiciNf; ExrrjACTS FROM Prof. Holley's. 

 Report. 



OiMi'ii.Ki. I'.v H. V. JACKSON. 



'I'm; I Jouiitics r>ill jia^^snl li\- the ( "iiniiiiDiiwcaltli I'arlia iiii'iit haxiiiL;' Ix'Cdine 

 law, it is pdssililr lliat ^ mic faiiiicis anl iiianut'artnrci's in tlie State iiia\' 

 nnii their atteiitiii t > those ciiijisaiMl tlieif resultant pi'oducts which are 

 sche<hile(l under the Act. 



The cultivation nf tilire jiiiiducing crojj.s is to be stinndated if })os.sihle 

 thr()Uj;li |>aviiient of houn'ics, and, therefoi-e, tlie hitest infoi'nuition on some 

 of the phuits likely t(j be grown in tiiis State will jio doubt be opportune. 



Flax. 



Great Britain imports very large quantities of flax, and the following 

 particulars show at the same time wliich countries are contributing the bulk 

 of the supjjlies : — 



Great IbiiiwiN — Imports and Consumption, 1906. 

 Tt.ctib .Md'erials — tons. £ 



Total 07, 30!) „ 3,066,958 



Toio or Codllla — 



Fr. iiiRus.sia 12,339 ,, 343,434 



,, Other cotuitries ... 7,717 ,, 148,175 



Total -20,056 ,, 491,609 



Total 1,588,100 ,, 3,274,988 



Oil — tons. 



Linseed oil — Pure... .. ... ... .. ... 17,<I56 ,, 345,03.") 



,, —Not pure 1,605 ,, 30,064 



Total 18,661 ,, 375,099 



Fu addition to the above importations of pi'oducts deriMMJ from thetla.x 

 plant, i.e., lin.seed, Great Britain imported hemp, dressed and undiessed,. 



