18 IMPROVEMENTS IN CANADA. 



them united on each arm are nearly in the form of the let- 

 ter V. E is the winch or handle by which the machine ia 

 put in motion ; F F, two upright pieces of wood to sustain 

 the axle of the machine ; G, an upper cross piece, to se- 

 cure the uprights firm ; H H, the two bottom pieces or 

 sills, in which the two uprights are mortised, also the two 

 smaller uprights which support the board or table A; IT, 

 two lower cross pieces to secure the machine firmly ; K K, 

 two levers on which the table A rests, and by which it 

 may be raised or lowered, as thought necessary, by iron 

 pins, at KK, passing through these levers and the two up- 

 rights. 

 Method of When the machine is used, the hemp must be laid on the 



nsinfthema- table A, and moved about in different directions bv the 



chine. ... 



person who holds it, whilst another person turns the ma- 

 chine by the handle E ; the flails D of the machine fall in 

 succession on the hemp; as the axis moves round they beat 

 out the seeds as different surfaces of the hemp are exposed 

 on the table, and when the seeds are all beaten out from 

 one parcel of hemp, a fresh quantity is applied upon the 

 table. 



Flax machine. Fig. 2. Represents one of the flax beaters, which is made 

 of a solid piece of wood, one of which is attached instead 

 of the two flails, to every arm, when the machine is employed 

 for beating out flax seeds, as they require more force to se- 

 parate them from the flax plant. 



IV. 



Observations on the Culture of Hemp, and other useful In- 

 formation, relative to Improvements in Canada. By Wil- 

 liam Bond, Esq., of Canada*. 



Observations on the culture of hemp. 



Culture of JL HE culture of hemp in Upper Canada is no doubt one 

 hemp mCanada Q f t | ie most d es i ra ble objects with every person of discern- 



• Trans, of Soc. of Arts, vol. XXV, p. 147. The silver medal was 

 voted to Mr. Bond for this «ornuaunication. 



men! 



