CONTENTS 



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PREFACE . . V 



CHAPTER I 



FLAX PLANT AND FIBRE . - ' '. . . . . 1 



1. Flax Plant 2. Antiquity of Flax Cultivation 3. Modern 

 Flax-producing Countries 4. .The Uses of Flax and Seed 5. 

 The Flax Fibre 6. Flax Fibre" Characteristics V. Ultimate 

 Fibre 8. Chemical Composition of Flax Fibres 



CHAPTER II 



FLAX SEED . . . . . . .11 



9. Fibre Seed for Sowing 10. Germination 11. Weight 12. 

 Purity 13. Relative Sowing Value 14. Testing Flax Seed for 

 Germination Value 15. Testing Flax Seed for Weight 16. Test- 

 ing Flax Seed for Moisture 17. Testing for Moisture in Hot Air 

 18. Sources of Supply and Varieties of Seed 19. Russian Seed - 

 20. Dutch Seed 21. The Sources of Supply of Flax Seed 



CHAPTER III 



CLIMATE AND SOIL . . . , . .21 



22. Climatic Conditions 23. Soil 24. Environment and Crop 

 Production 25. Variety of Growth due to Differences in Soil 



26. Variety of Growths on the same Land due to Soil Moisture 



27. Exhaustion of Soil 28. Rotation of Crops 



CHAPTER IV 



MANURES . . . . . . . . .31 



29. Plant Foods 30. Artificial Manures 31. Properties of Arti- 

 ficial Manures 32. Nitrate of Soda 33. Muriate of Potash 34. 

 Phosphatic Fertilizers 35. Fresh Stable Manures 36. Belgium 

 and Holland 37. Manurial Experiments 



CHAPTER V 



PREPARATION OF THE LAND , . ._ . , . 39 



38. Preparation of the Land 39. Conditions of Prepared Soil 

 40. Ploughing and Grubbing 41. Harrowing and Rolling 42. 

 Methods of Procedure 



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