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Cong. Com. p. 24.
48 FLAX CULTURE ful should be grasped with both hands just below the seed-bolls, and pulled ob- liquely from the ground with a sudden jerk, the dirt adhering to the roots being shaken or knocked off on the boot." ' The plants should then be laid evenly on the ground, and be kept straight throughout.
Compare this careful and tedious cul- ture with the methods that now obtain in the West. There flax is grown for the seed, which is used for making linseed- oil. The seed is allowe...d to ripen fully, thereby injuring the fibre. Mr. Hiram Sisson, although he represents himself as not very well acquainted with Ameri- can flax, told the Tariff Commission, " I will tell you what I know about flax in Illinois and Iowa. There they sow their flax for the seed wholly. All they do is to plough the ground, sow their seed, and mow the flax with a machine, dry it, and put it through a machine that is pro- pelled by horse-power, to knock off the seed, leaving the straw on the field." ^ And ' Rep.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Cong. Com. p. 24.
48 FLAX CULTURE ful should be grasped with both hands just below the seed-bolls, and pulled ob- liquely from the ground with a sudden jerk, the dirt adhering to the roots being shaken or knocked off on the boot." ' The plants should then be laid evenly on the ground, and be kept straight throughout.
Compare this careful and tedious cul- ture with the methods that now obtain in the West. There flax is grown for the seed, which is used for making linseed- oil. The seed is allowe...d to ripen fully, thereby injuring the fibre. Mr. Hiram Sisson, although he represents himself as not very well acquainted with Ameri- can flax, told the Tariff Commission, " I will tell you what I know about flax in Illinois and Iowa. There they sow their flax for the seed wholly. All they do is to plough the ground, sow their seed, and mow the flax with a machine, dry it, and put it through a machine that is pro- pelled by horse-power, to knock off the seed, leaving the straw on the field." ^ And ' Rep.
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