Flax Cultivation In Nebraska

It was once supposed that flax would only thrive on the sea shore ; ftnd henee Holland had what may be regarded as a jreat monopoly in the growth of flax, ind the manufacture of linens. But the plant flourishes in Nebraska ; and the soil is too rich for even this exhausting erop easily to affect it. The cultivation of the erop is therefore yearly increasing - at present with a view of the oil exDressed from the seed, though (as there is now do lineu manufacture worthy of the name in the State,) it may be ultimately ;o provide fibre for the milis. Certainly ;he péople of Nebraska may look to this conclusión ; and settlers in the State ought not to forget that flax may be made a profitable erop. At a recent meeting of the Farmers' Association, of Lancaster County, held at Lincoln (the oounty seat and capital of the State), a discussion took place on ;he probabilities of a flax erop for this year, and it was stated that some eastern jentlomen had offered to build an oil mili if the farmers would guarantee a sufficient quantity of the raw material. The correspondent who sends this item of nforniation in the interest of farmers inoving west, says that in Ohio, the flax erop used to be a most profitable one. - ïalf a bushei of seed to the acre would jroduce from 10 to 20 bushels, worth &1.50 per bushel. Taking the yield at 10 aushels, the seed was worth $15,00 per acre ; and allowing $8 00 per acre for expenses, (which included the delivery of ;he seed to the mili,) the net profit to the "armer was $7.00 per acre. The straw also was worth $6.00 per ton ; and the yield was half a ton to the acre. Nebraska is more suitable for flax cultivation than Jhio, and farmers who migrate to this jromising State where the land is virgin, ■ich and cheap,-may wisely keep this subect in view.