Flax
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Encyclopedia article on flax from Rees's Cyclopedia (1819), covering the plant mainly from an agricultural standpoint. It discusses soil, seed quantity, sowing time, after-culture and weeding, pulling, rippling the seed, and water-retting, plus rents and profits in Scotland and England. Later pages describe the parts of a flax-breaking (brake) machine with lettered references, and a section on other vegetable fibres used like hemp and flax.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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