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3. Collection of Fibres. Make a collection of the fibre of all the fibre 

 crops, and mount each as indicated for samples of cotton. (See Chapter on 

 Cotton). Place with each of these a product manufactured from the same kind 

 of fibre. 



4. Plants for Study. Collect a few plants of hemp, flax and any other of 

 the fibre crops available. Tie each kind in a neat bundle and hang where they 

 may be studied from time to time. Persons living outside the regions of these 

 fibre crops should obtain them by writing to friends or public school teachers, 

 or officials living in the regions where these crops are grown. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the two types of flax grown for fibre? 



2. Give the differences in management of the two. 



3. Give the regions for the growth of each of the minor fibre crops mentioned 



in this chapter. 



4. Describe the growth and culture of hemp. 



5. What are the differences between the fibres of these crops so far as you 



have seen them? 



6. Make a list of the uses for each of these fibres. 



References. United States Farmers' Bulletins: 274, Flax Culture; 669, 

 Fibre Flax; also Hemp, Yearbook 1913, U. S. D. A. 



