Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home; (1898)
Wakeman, Antoinette Prudence (Van Hoesen), Mrs., 1856- [from old catalog], Heller, Louise M., [from old catalog] joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett & company · leaf 53
ellif there are any weeds near it, and forthis reason they must all be pulled up. In Eu-rope, where the best flax is cultivated, womenand children weed the flax fields, going throughthem on their hands and knees. When the leaves of the flax plant begin to fall, and the stock to turn yellow, it is… … SECOND GRADE WORK. 51 thf hark and the inner, woody pith of the plant; and it is rathe] along and tedious process to separate it. When the flax has been pulled, the first thing done is what is calledrippling it, which is removing the seed-pods. The next thing to bedone is the retting, which is a…
Sewing · Garment cutting
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