about one fourth or twenty-five per cent, and if the yield of fiber 

 is taken at the moderate figure of eighteen per cent, the loss in 

 scutching would be eighty-two per cent. The following sketch 

 traces the flax from the field to the market. 



One statute arcre, of green flax yields, say 

 100 cwt., or five long tons; when dry- 

 ing takes 55 % 



Leaving 45 Cwt. 



Seeding or rippling takes 20% 9 



Leaving 36 Cwt. 



Retting takes away 25% 9 



Leaving 27 Cwt. 



Breaking and scutching takes 82% 22 



Leaving 5% or (40 stone per acre) 



A stone, being fourteen pounds, and 1 cwt. being 112 lbs., 

 brings the 40 stone product to 560 pounds of fiber per statute 

 acre. 



Coming to actual experience, figuring the cost of scutching 

 at a flat rate of 25 cents per stone, would show that the yield is 

 varied from 29 stones to 52 stones, or in American figures from 

 400 to 728 pounds per acre or before the war .|40 to $111 per acre. 



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