Linen . is also used in the sense of beating, in order toremove a husk or shell. The object of scutching theflax plant is to remove the fragments of wood resultingfrom the previous breaking process. Hitherto allthe operations in the preparation of our flax fibre havebeen performed, probably, by the farmer-grower on hisown farm, but now he must convey the fibre to thenearest scutch mill, usually situated convenient to somestream for its water power. It is a dusty place, wherethe daylight is almost eclipsed by the million fragmentsof fluff floating in the air. Here the fibre is dividedinto stric
Linen . is also used in the sense of beating, in order toremove a husk or shell. The object of scutching theflax plant is to remove the fragments of wood resultingfrom the previous breaking process. Hitherto allthe operations in the preparation of our flax fibre havebeen performed, probably, by the farmer-grower on hisown farm, but now he must convey the fibre to thenearest scutch mill, usually situated convenient to somestream for its water power. It is a dusty place, wherethe daylight is almost eclipsed by the million fragmentsof fluff floating in the air. Here the fibre is dividedinto stricks or handfuls, and laid across a notchedupright board so that it is exposed to the beating ofwooden blades radiating from a power-driven centralrevolving axle. As the shaft revolves, the twelve blades,or less, on its periphery strike the flax and thus expelthe broken wood fragments, which are termed the shive or boon. The operation necessarily causesa considerable amount of waste of fibre, some being 96. 5 >-3 J GO
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