Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 190
your peonies orpoppies grow. Before the seeds are quite ripe, andwhile the stalks are brownish yellow, the flax is readyto be pulled. It is not cut like wheat with the reaperand gathered into bundles, but must be pulled up by REPAIRING LINEN 177 the roots. This is done in clear weather, by hand.… … Courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture. Fig. 104. — The stooks of flax. What is rippling and retting flax ? The next processis to remove all the seeds without injuring the longfibers. The machine for this looks like a comb madeof iron teeth set in a wooden frame. This frame isplaced on…
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