CHAPTER XIII 



MARKETING FLAXES 



121. Buying and Selling of Flaxes. 122. Irish Flaxes. 123. 

 Belgian Flaxes. 124. Flemish Flaxes. 125. Walloon Flaxes. 

 126. French Flaxes. 127. Conditions of Sale. 128. Russian 

 Flaxes. 129. Belgian, Dutch and French Flaxes, Basis of Sale. 

 130. Russian Flaxes, Basis of Sale. 131. Examples on Market 

 Equivalents of Flax Prices. 132. Summary of Flax Productive 

 Results. 



121. Buying and Selling of Flaxes. The chief flax producing 

 countries are : Russia, Belgium, Holland, Ireland, France, 

 Germany, and prospectively, British East Africa. 



The mode of packing and basis of sale vary in each country, 

 hence it is essential to become conversant with each respective 

 system of weights and money values. 



122. Irish Flaxes. Irish flaxes are bought and sold at 

 shillings per stone, except in some few markets, where the 

 rate of exchange is shillings per cwt. 



Foreign flaxes are usually converted from their customary 

 rate of exchange into pounds sterling per ton. 



123. Belgian Flaxes. Flax produced in Belgium may be 

 classed under three chief divisions : (a) River retted ; (b) Pool 

 retted, denominated " blue flax " ; and (c) Dew retted. 



The Belgians adopt the same monetary standard as the 

 French, viz. : 1 franc of 100 centimes = 9-513d. or 25-22 

 francs per pound sterling (normal rate of exchange). 



The basis of sale in most markets of Western Europe is in 

 terms of coinage and weights which are now obsolete. 



The markets or district varieties and bases of sale are 

 tabulated in the following pages, together with their normal 

 market equivalents and also the method of reducing the same 

 into pounds sterling per ton (see Table I). 



124. Flemish Flaxes, which are frequently sold in Bruges 



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