FIBRE PLANTS 329 



brushes dried and cut off. Oklahoma and Kansas 

 are large producers of dwarf broom corn. 



The special thresher or seed stripper, a kind of 

 comb, removes the seeds from the straw, after 

 which the brushes are finished by being quickly 

 dried in airy, shady sheds, to preserve the green 

 color as much as possible. The brushes are then 

 compressed into 200 to 300 pound bales for ship- 

 ment to the broom factories, or to the wholesale 

 market. 



