Flax for seed and fiber in the United States / by Chas. Richards Dodge.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dodge, Charles Richards, 1847-1918
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1895.
Series:Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 27.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Can both seed and fiber be saved?
  • Soil selection
  • Preparation of the soil
  • Fertilizing
  • Rotation of crops
  • Sowing of the seed
  • Quantity of seed to be sown
  • Kind of seed to sow
  • Meteorological considerations
  • Weeds
  • Harvesting the fiber
  • Saving the seed
  • Retting the straw
  • Practical considerations
  • The "American practice."