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the seed, without doing injury to the latter, and as a drawing 

 of it will be found in another page or section of this work, I 

 will confine myself to briefly saying that the seeding end 

 consists of three fluted rollers, a large one and two small ones ; 

 the two small rollers on the top or upper half of the large one 

 which drives the small rollers, whilst the feeder stands at the 

 end, and passes the top end or bows capsules through the 

 open end, when once going through removes the whole, 

 husks, or capsules, and seed, without loss or injury. It is 

 also a CRIMPING or BREAKING, WASHING and WRINGING 

 MACHINE. 



DRYING OR SAVING OF THE SEED. 



It will be much in favour of the grower if he happen to have 

 fine and hot weather for this part of his work, as the seed bolls 

 should be exposed as much as possible to the sun and air for 

 drying, and in order that they may be well dried, turned 

 frequently. If there be much leaves or broken Flax stalks 

 amongst the seed, they will assist in the drying very much. 

 Pass the bolls through a coarse riddle, and then through 

 fanners. Everything should be done sooner than resort to 

 lain drying, for such a system will not be recommended by any 

 man having an idea of the value of the seed, either for sowing 

 or cattle feeding. Common sense must tell us, that seed so 

 small as flax seed, will not admit the application of the heat of 

 a kiln head, as the least over heat is calculated to destroy the 

 vegetable juice, so that no dependence could be placed on it for 

 sowing purposes ; and as to kiln drying it for cattle feeding, it 

 is evident, from the small substance it contains that, if even 

 soaked on a kiln head, much of the nutritious matter it contains 

 must be shrivelled away or extracted by the heat. If the 

 weather be moist, the bolls, or husks, and seed, should be 

 taken to sheds, or under such cover as would admit of their 



