. European system of flax culture Americanized and adapted to the local conditions of (especially Puget Sound) The American system of flax and other fiber culture . otionless, pressing upward all the time more orless. The outlet, and inlet are next regulated so as to insure thewater being suitably renewed and maintained approximately atthe same level. The changes which occur in the retted mas may beset down as follows: The water surrounding the stalks dissolvesthe various vegetable substances, some of which are naturallysoluble, while others become so successively under the action offer
. European system of flax culture Americanized and adapted to the local conditions of (especially Puget Sound) The American system of flax and other fiber culture . otionless, pressing upward all the time more orless. The outlet, and inlet are next regulated so as to insure thewater being suitably renewed and maintained approximately atthe same level. The changes which occur in the retted mas may beset down as follows: The water surrounding the stalks dissolvesthe various vegetable substances, some of which are naturallysoluble, while others become so successively under the action offermentation. Thin streams of heavy juice are thus formed whichflow down the stalks and slowly cross the layer of fresh waterbelow the retting mass, and this without mixing with it, owing tothe extreme slowness of their motion. On the bottom of the tankthese then form a layer of dirty and denser water, while at thesame time the fresh water of the upper layer works its way upinto the retting straw, also in the form of thin streamlets, whichtake the place of the decending ones. Owing to the vertical posi-tion of the stalks and the equal pressure all over the tank, these. Flax Storage and Retting Ponds movements take place with equal facility throughout. As regardstextile straw, this system is therefore characterized by the verticalcirculation of the water under the influence of gravitation circulation, consisting of the natural fall of the heavy juiceand the corresponding rise of the fresh water takes place uniform-ly and to the exclusion of every other motion in all parts of theretting mass. Some of the claims of merit put forth by the inventors, whichin a majority of cases are based on experience, may be enumer-ated as follows: (1) The possibility of natural retting in run-ning water. That is to say, the best possible retting in whateverwater is obtainable. (2) The greatest uniformity obtainable inretting. (3) Larger yield of fiber. (4) Results certain and in-variable.
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