. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. THE FIBER CROPS 353 namely, cold water retting and dew retting, the latter being the one most commonly used. In dew retting the straw is spread out on the ground and exposed to the weather for several weeks. Next it is collected and subjected to the " breaking " process, which is the removing of the fiber from the wood. The fiber thus removed is freed from the rest of the bark and adherent parts of the wood by " scutch- ing " or beating with paddles. The final
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. THE FIBER CROPS 353 namely, cold water retting and dew retting, the latter being the one most commonly used. In dew retting the straw is spread out on the ground and exposed to the weather for several weeks. Next it is collected and subjected to the " breaking " process, which is the removing of the fiber from the wood. The fiber thus removed is freed from the rest of the bark and adherent parts of the wood by " scutch- ing " or beating with paddles. The final process is the "hack- ling" or combing, which separates the fibers into the " flax line" which is the long and valuable fiber, and the " tow," the short tangled fibers used in the weaving of coarse linen. The fiber is then packed in bales, in which shape it goes to the mill. Fabrics made from flax are characterized by snowy whiteness, when freed from impurities, a luster similar to that of silk, and great strength or tenacity. As has been mentioned before, linen is one of the oldest textiles of which we know, having been used by the ancient Egyptians for the wrappings of mummies and for the making of priests' garments. Linen of good quality becomes more beautiful 2a. Fig. 125. — A bundle of flax and types of 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 Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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