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towards the root ends, freely throws and evenly distributes the 

 tops with the seed bolls over and into the series of fixed pins 6. 

 With the assistance of these pins 6 the operator holds and 

 adjusts each handful of flax to suit the stripping action of the 

 rotary comb. 



84. The Hand " Mors ton. "Figs. 48 and 49 illustrate 





FIG. 48 



I L 



FIG. 49 



respectively an elevation and plan of a part of a simple, 

 effective and suggestive arrangement designed and used by 

 Mr. F. Leitch, Belfast, for deseeding, as preferable to the 

 hand ripple. 



It consists essentially of a wooden bench M of any length, 

 the legs of which indicated at N, are secured to the bench M. 

 A lower and an upper steel bar O, are adjusted to each other, 



