THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[APRIL 16, 
enume erated the various | 
ош | 
fibre, fro 
hout ieee | 
5 
2 in + soma А the glutinous matter fr om the fibre ; an 
provem by hanan, who, 
ition of steam), 
forced forwards and backwards through the miss с of Fur 
3 certain small capsules or seed bolls. These 
are ed by means of rollers, ge the лели conl шы: 
d 
and the epidermis, or skin, which 
Now. the object desired i is ru separat 
| the omes portions ; an 
e all classed 
chanical 
PL when the crop is of a ver 
80 as not to pay for the expense of steeping, &c., 
districts where steeping is 
cases where coarse yarns only 
ture as not to coagulate the vegetable albumen . — 
п lant. The action of this last process was shown 
nt in glass v 
of manufactured articles i in various s sta es 
ics ; 
the elements of fermentation exist, ready to be called 
into action by moisture, &c. The ‘chemical processes 
23 of the machinery referred to, and tabu lar 
statements of the e of different peu. of 
the plant and of the glutinous liquor о frou 
beautiful i 
drag farm 
n ing di 
Mr. Slaney, ы i Hw 
of the meet 
‘of, Wilson for the very interesting ot — 
he had "Welivered to t that Сайы. 
the machinery proposed 
economical. as that by which the 
some ples without any 
application of жат, Не Mc: ti oil ought not 
carried off from the straw. 
го 
2 -— — flexibility which those samples | of fro 
Ry 
i ii: of decotaposttion manifesting 
e shape of noxious and offensive 
in р or in slowly ru 
8 proceeding is the same ; 
in the pool, owing proba ly to p ngrerepi, hm 
the time. required | is from: seven to 1 
| the stream, fro 0 ste 0 
the weather mat ially уем е opera 
In some disse fie practice of дез -retting 9900 tists, 
"d this is always very irregular in its effects 
i In 1846, Schenck’: s pee 
water steeping was paten ed, and in 1848, 
Dd m a considerable apu was established in Mig 
of tw at work in differen 
pd in Ire ebd; bo besides several 
* 
in this county 
e in this as i 
at ewe of the beri — verd aeri 
The Council then өе. ourned to 
progress process of 
3 and an — given by Mr. 
the 
the 20th of 8 E inj 
Pus Claussen- Li met by 
is now ii 
E his recent geological and mineral survey of 
Charles Elton, Bart., in Беген, 
found to 
sh | БАр, gal pid 70 Жез, wash. The 
s d ; 
of 2 to x^ fet тае; ES NS 
Sir oem genres h. 
js then чы soia e a in thin reedy stem, 
surmounted by a branching head, carrying at its 
~ 
dierent d ae have | e 
se may b 
the 
s effected 5 el sad а in| bath of h 
On 
ion, which | sui 
am, al ug io, dissolyes д out | water, and 
fibre for labour, exclusive of general expenses; and that 
108 ewt. of stra — — се — Soo = for 11 hours 
reduced to hich, on being 
eeutched, уем 187 і, ot Els, Tbs і oz. x of fine 
eutchin ing t and 35 of e he 
e 
ere, then, we havea 
following advanta, 
= saving in tim conomy of 
eof any nuisance, s end — nomical 
E о 
certain point i 
mechanical means by which it is effected are very simple 
and very inexpensive. I xd an open 
ne turn 
rd VUE y condenser); the steam їз at orice 
mier and the liquor drawn back from the ste 
operation may be repeate S' often as 
T 
ен the condenser is filled, ‘the cold water viele 
n 
ain turned ES So far as expel 
on a small scale have gone, it has been — that bru 
mmersiotis ‘all tlie heri aos x has 
бп removed; thes n a commereit scale 
would not pied wget than chres ‘hou 
ever has yet ate эе ; works on an “extensive scale 
are now ited п Scotland for ‘carrying out tlie 
process. zt thi 1s P thé pen advantages are obtained as 
economy of 
expensive part a Á 
sustaining 'some i ecessary handling. 
He proposes to effect the desiccation in the vat in which 
the Flax is 88e by m 0 
ry warm air, which is 
^t as to three M ds an nd Е 2 — driven through it in large quanti This 
had in which su us matter was left. — Мг. and certain fibre is obtained. In sane experiments obtained in thé required state by passing it through 
Slaney thought me, kom to farmers would be high.— ege 1 the Irish Flax Improvement Societ. porous earthenware pipes, fixed in the lower of 
Bullen thought the proposed plan peculiar’ of the two — of гаыа it — Peers ey s he patentee’s experimen nduce him 
| to ordi machinery, to the steam apparatus | that in алой yield Schenck’s gave an advantage |t rocess the entiré operation of 
in use in well-appointed farms : 0 per cent.; that in quality, two samples of re may be effected 
a plan would prov the producer | Schenck’s spun.’ respectively to 70 and 101 lea ind that in all 
= raw material, whos object was to be а rm two samples o same Flax, = lly’ Satisfactory” with 
2 the pies as ble. Transport | steeped, only spun to 60 and 96 leas, e t Watts’s process ; while at the same 
it, ме. to m,a vital .question.—Pro Wi of hot water for accelerating the fermenting process time a great saving of manual labour, equen 
= a machine of this kin impen Saks dos end мк. d. own for a long while j e The statistics’ of Flax 
ef mo ue оа out three tons Flax-straw & day п the report tau] IV. by Professor Solly, show in the economics of 
y f — seutcher ; and — E ree at 2501, | the i indefatigable Secretary to is Society y. I must also e eee considerably over- 
EU у. These too powerful Tor 1 g partic iculars r average imports 
indivi farmers. ers, and were intended for 2—4 districts connected ber the — of alkaline solutions as a nel Vai. d 650,000 quarters of seed for 
finde rng in «ель under which stances | substitute and noxious pro odd: 70, tons of “oil 9 
s pai machinery would sink into an avera average item . — deren = Flax. You T" сагаа in e sterling; & large 
8 ance. see that in 1747 the principle was made known by nannually.to foreign countrie: for an 
: TE eim was reques Journal Lilljikreuses and Palmquist; and that in ud ай produetion of v our озуп is 80 
a ты [T preparo, 0 ua dels Tet p: May | Moira actually carried practice = same process | рес Chair ved s vote of 
111 ⅛0õ⅛ê eb eet a a аа sea ын 
; While © | 
nished d by | lim t to 4 8 Society nigh with as little delay other ч have! ile Gay Lose, B to the solvent atte ча sted that un 
as po pow allatine and acid solutions. Im thé ‘use dem of ie ia tamt 
e D T, steam а LE 11875573 vn in, and 
а анн си from 10 to 12 . this is 
conden: hee and, klin down 
through. the Yr үс —— 
—— 
iine for eng | 
In this, steam is the agent ia TEN 
employed. The straw is n maa ip BOW 
certain 
An Bayne ! ела G -Agrivuliure and Rotations of 
é en. By 
А 2 5 он de the 194 W att, See 
г —— 
t. in ie, nó doubt 
. 
ui pes 
The comm 
rd of November fast, from wi 
whole operation, from, thy —— 
5 
for reasons 
under 101. per tou of cleaned | co 
the | characteri 
s | with ње аренага) 
т, course, is A К deny hich 5 sae it 12 55 шу 
f ym i 
or no — of oye ys agricultural statistics 
unty exists, and, therefore, hes no one 
