automatically bundled ready for the moisture {rcafn/jnf Isjandj®hich have been established by the Government to aid Great Britain is situated at Leeston. Left: Linen-flax straw from the farm passing into the deseeding machmc. Here the seed balls are removed and ihc fibre ■ -ij re, ' j entre: The seed-cleaning machine, which removes the chaff and delivers clean seed to be used for next season's crop. Linseed oil may be pressed from the seed and the chaff is used for stock food. Right: The flax emerging in st i(en s ran s, up to three feet long, from the scutching machine. It is twisted and baled for export to Great Britain, which is taking all the flax that New Zealand can produce.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 48, 26 February 1941, Page 5

automatically bundled ready for the moisture {rcafn/jnf I s j an dj®hich have been established by the Government to aid Great Britain is situated at Leeston. Left: Linen-flax straw from the farm passing into the deseeding machmc. Here the seed balls are removed and ihc fibre ■ -ij re , ' j entre: The seed-cleaning machine, which removes the chaff and delivers clean seed to be used for next season's crop. Linseed oil may be pressed from the seed and the chaff is used for stock food. Right: The flax emerging in st i(en s ran s, up to three feet long, from the scutching machine. It is twisted and baled for export to Great Britain, which is taking all the flax that New Zealand can produce.