THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
REVIVAL IN BRITAIN. ([United Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, August 20. An important stage in the revival of the British flax industry was marked to-day by the starting up of electrically driven machinery of the latest design in the da-seeding.sec-tion of the new flax mills at Bulling, Northamptonshire. The mills, which, will be in full operation by September 7 are part of a new industrial venture an association with a carefully planned agricultural experiment in the same county. Six hundred acres have been sown with pedigree seed, and in spite of adverse weather a crop of exceptionally good quality has been harvested.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 266, 22 August 1936, Page 6
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