DESEEDING METHODS 



87 



may be easily removed by the operator, and even the weed 

 seeds may be readily separated from the clean bolls by riddling 

 with a coarse sieve of about J in. mesh. 



Rippled flax is easy to handle, since there is no interlocking 



ELEVATION 

 FIG. 43 - 



of the seed bolls in any subsequent operation. The rippled 

 straw is easily separated, adjusted, evened up and the root 



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PLAN. 

 FIG. 44 



ends made " square " ; after retting, too, the flax can be 

 spread or gaited with greater expedition and economy. 



81. "Ripple" Machinery. The chief features and details 

 of the ripple are illustrated at Figs. 43 and 44, which show an 

 elevation and a plan respectively. The ripple consists of an 



