HARVESTING FLAX 67 



About six handfuls of pulled flax are carefully arranged 

 together to form a round beet or sheaf, or the handfuls may 

 be alternately laid crosswise in the beet so as to facilitate 



FIG. 30 



CROSSED HANDFULS OF PULLED FLAX TO FACILITATE DRYING 



drying in the stooks and subsequently rippling. This arrange- 

 ment is illustrated at Fig. 30 and should preferably be adopted 

 whenever it is proposed to dry the straw and save the 

 seed. 



The root ends of the pulled flax should be kept " square " 

 and the beets made to a uniform size. (See Fig. 36.) 



