Manual of flax culture, comprising full information on the cultivation, management, and marketing of the crop . sufficiently withstones placed on the crate. Soft rain water issuperior to spring water for rotting. While it isin the water a partial fermentation commences,which must be arrested at the proper time, or thefibre will be damaged in proportion to thedegiee of fermentation beyond the proper state. When to Remove from the Steep.—As theprocess of fermentation will progress very slowlyin cool weather, and rapidly in warm, it is impot-sible to state any definite period of time for keep-ing
Manual of flax culture, comprising full information on the cultivation, management, and marketing of the crop . sufficiently withstones placed on the crate. Soft rain water issuperior to spring water for rotting. While it isin the water a partial fermentation commences,which must be arrested at the proper time, or thefibre will be damaged in proportion to thedegiee of fermentation beyond the proper state. When to Remove from the Steep.—As theprocess of fermentation will progress very slowlyin cool weather, and rapidly in warm, it is impot-sible to state any definite period of time for keep-ing it in the water. If the water be of the cor-rect temperature, the process of rotting will becompleted in six or seven days. The coolerthe water the longer the flax will be in it has been steeping about five days, itshould be examined carefully every day, for thepurpose of ascertaining when it is rotted justenough. Pull a few stalks from different bundlesin several places, break them into pieces a fewinches long, and pull out the shives. If theyseparate very freely from the fibre, the water. fig. 13.—HAND-BKAKE. should be let oflT without delay, and the flaxspread out on clean grass to diy; when dry should be bound in large bundles and housed. 14 FLAX CULTURE. ETC. Breaktng.—The Hand-Brake.—Fig. 13 is a cheaphand-brake. The lower part consists of threeBlats of hard wood, 4 feet lonir, 5 inclies wide, Hinches thicit, at one endfastened firmly into thepost of a building, andthe other ends mortisedinto a frame. The upperedges of each slat shouldbe dressed to an blades of the sameform and size are boltedin long mortises in thepost, as shown in fig. 13,and tlie outer ends ofthese slats are fixed in ablock. Set the two up-per slats opposite the spaces between the low-er; and the edges of all, when shut together,should be on the same level. A wooden pin in
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