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FLAX CULTURE AND PREPARATION 



Spiral springs 11 and 12 and their duplicates are adjusted 

 to supply the requisite amount of pressure between the nip 

 of the steel rollers at the time of breaking the bolls and 

 deseeding. 



FIG. o.'J 



The work of the operators one on each side of the machine 

 simply consists in putting the head of the beet between the 

 contiguous and continuous rotating pairs of rollers. 



FIG. 55 



89. Greeve's Reels. Figs. 56 and 57 show the essential 

 features of this machine. The former is a sectional elevation 

 and the latter a plan. The same numerals in each diagram 

 refer to similar parts. 1 and 2 are high speed rotating shafts, 

 on each of which are mounted three iron discs, of which only 



