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FLAX CULTURE AND PREPARATION 



TABLE I 

 129. BELGIAN, DUTCH AND FRENCH FLAXES BASIS OF SALE 



130. 



TABLE II 



RUSSIAN FLAXES BASIS OF SALE 



* Courtrai Flax, though originally sold at Crowns per Sac of 41 bottes, is now usually 

 made up into bales of 72 bottes, but the quotation is still in Crown per Sac of 41 bottes, to 

 which, when an artificial value of 10'18 crowns per franc is given, the product of the crowns 

 per " sac " and this artificial value equals francs per bale of 72 bottes = 2 cwt. , 



