. 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 . 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
. 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 . 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. Domestic Scutching Board written instruction, it will be well for parties contemplating flaxculture to consult some of their European neighbors, who camefrom flax growing regions, Irish, French, Belgian, German, Dutch,Russian, Scandinavian, Austrian, etc., and while each nationalitymay vary in their views, do not put two men of different national-ities to discuss flax together, unless you wish to have a lively catand dog fight on your hands. In this place I cannot do better than give an epitomized ac-count of Mr. Frank Barbours report, on one ton of Puget Soundfiber flax straw, sent to his mill in Ireland for investigation. MR. FRANK BARBOURS REPORT (EPITOMIZED)In 1895, Mr. Frank Barbour, general manager of the BarbourBros. Co., of Lisborn, Ireland, and of world wide reputation, vis-ited Seattle on Puget Sound, where I had placed at the Chamberof Commerce samples of fine long fiber flax, grown by me inWhatcom County, State of Washington, which surprised and in-terested him so much, th
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