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A FIKLD OP GROWING FLAX ' . Frontispiece 



Fia - 1. FLAX PLANT IN BLOOM . ... . 2 



2. FLAX STRAW AND FIBRE * . . .bet. 7 and 8 



3. TRANSVERSE SECTION OF FLAX STRAW . . 



4. SCUTCHED FLAX . . . . . . . 7 



5, (>. FLAX FIBRES . . . . . 8 



7, 8. ELEVATION AND PLAN OF APPARATUS FOR TESTING 



GERMINATION OF FLAX SEED . . . 14 



9, 10. DITTO ALTERNATIVE PLAN . . . . .15 



11. VARIETIES OF GROWTH OF FLAX PLANTS . . 26 



12. GRAPH OF FLAX AND WHEAT EXTRACTIONS FROM THE 



SOIL . . . ...".,. . .27 



13. GRAPH OF FLAX AND OTHER FARM CROPS . . 29 



14, 15, 16. GRAPH SHOWING THE ACTION OF FERTILISERS ON THE 



GROWTH OF FLAX ..... 36-37 



17. SOWING FLAX SEED BY HAND . . bet. 40 and 41 



18. SOWING FLAX SEED BY FIDDLE .... 45 

 19, 20, 21. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF FIDDLE . . 47-49 



22. FLAX-SOWING PLAN . . . . . .51 



23. FLAX WEED CHARLOCK ..... 54 



24. FLAX WEED THISTLE . . . .56 



25. FLAX WEED DOCK 57 



26, 27, 28. FLAX WEEDS REDSHANK, CORN MARIGOLD AND 



BINDWEED ... . . . .59 



29. FLAX PULLING f bet. 64 and 65 



30. CROSSED HANDFULS OF PULLED FLAX ... 67 

 31, 32. ROTARY FLAX-PULLING MACHINE . . . 69-70 



33, 34, 35. FLAX-PULLER BELTS AND BUTTING MACHINE . 73-74 



36. TYPES OF FLAX BEETS . . . bet. 80 and 81 



37. FLAX IN STOOKS IN THE FIELD . . bet. 82 and 83 



38. FLAX IN LONG GAIT 82 



39. FLAX IN ROUND GAIT ...... 83 



40. FLAX IN WINDROWS, REMOVING OF . bet. 84 and 85 



41. DRYING FLAX SEED IN BOLLS . . bet. 86 and 87 



42. TESTING FOR GERMINATION 100 PER CENT. bet. 88 and 89 



43, 44. ELEVATION AND PLAN OF RIPPLE ' . . .87 



45. RIPPLING BY HAND .... bet. 90 and 91 



46, 47. ELEVATION AND PLAN OF ROTARY RIPPLE . . 90 



48, 49. HAND " MORSTON " RIPPLE . . . .91 



50. TWO OR THREE ROLLERS, DESEEDING MACHINE . 93 



51, 52. TWO SINGLE PAIRS OF DESEEDING ROLLERS . . 95 



53, 54, 55. MULTIPLE PAIRS OF DESEEDING ROLLERS . 96 



56, 57. GREEVE'S DESEEDING REELS . . .97 



58. CLEANING AND SEED SELECTION MACHINE . . 99 



59. A FLAX STACK OF UNDESEEDED STRAW bet. 100 and 101 

 RETTING MICRO-ORGANISMS ..... 102 



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