. 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 . Hand Flax Brake Although I have seen good flax produced with an ordinarybeetle on a block of wood, in order to do good work with this. Power Flax and Hemp Brake5fi brake the straw must be dry. Frosty weather is well adapted tothe work as it can be done in the shelter of the barn. Sometimesfires are built and the straw piled around it, but I would be veryshy to recommend fires and flax straw being brought in closeproximity. B
. 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 . Hand Flax Brake Although I have seen good flax produced with an ordinarybeetle on a block of wood, in order to do good work with this. Power Flax and Hemp Brake5fi brake the straw must be dry. Frosty weather is well adapted tothe work as it can be done in the shelter of the barn. Sometimesfires are built and the straw piled around it, but I would be veryshy to recommend fires and flax straw being brought in closeproximity. Braking is performed by pounding and pressing smallhandfuls of straw between the moveable arms of the brake untilthe woody part or chive is broken into short pieces, renderingthem more easily removed, by the subsequent process of scutch-ing. In the process of scutching the fiber is separated from thetow and much tow is carried over the scutching blades, by in-competent operators. As it is difficult for one to learn from mere
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