Demonstration of Flax-Pulling Machines
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Report on public trials of two flax-pulling machines held by the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction at Ballyveasey, Carnmoney, near Belfast, on 26 July 1921. It describes the self-propelled Crawford-Bennett drum machine and the tractor-drawn Fibre Corporation machine with endless chains of combs, and compares how each delivers the pulled flax. The author notes that the stems were undamaged but the heads were tangled, which would make rippling difficult, and concludes that machine pulling looks commercially achievable. Two photographs of the machines are included.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1921
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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