MADE FROM FLAX.—Mr R. S. Hammond, of Te Moana, Geraldine, who is the chairman of the Linen Flax Growers’ Association of New Zealand, with some of the products that are made from linen flax. He is holding plough line. A small piece of wool-like material on the table is the result of the Linron process applied to flax fibre to make it suitable for blending with wool and artificial fibres for producing lightweight textiles. NEW METHODS.—This photograph shows a fork lift handling a pallet of linen flax sheaves. A quarter of last season’s crop grown in the Geraldine district was brought into the factory on pallets, and next harvest it is proposed to move the whole crop on pallets, with probably about half of the crop being loaded on to pallets without stooking of the sheaves. Savings expected in handling costs are enabling the Linen Flax Corporation to increase the payment to growers for next season’s crop.

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32381, 21 August 1970, Page 14

MADE FROM FLAX.—Mr R. S. Hammond, of Te Moana, Geraldine, who is the chairman of the Linen Flax Growers’ Association of New Zealand, with some of the products that are made from linen flax. He is holding plough line. A small piece of wool-like material on the table is the result of the Linron process applied to flax fibre to make it suitable for blending with wool and artificial fibres for producing lightweight textiles.

NEW METHODS. —This photograph shows a fork lift handling a pallet of linen flax sheaves. A quarter of last season’s crop grown in the Geraldine district was brought into the factory on pallets, and next harvest it is proposed to move the whole crop on pallets, with probably about half of the crop being loaded on to pallets without stooking of the sheaves. Savings expected in handling costs are enabling the Linen Flax Corporation to increase the payment to growers for next season’s crop.