The straw of various grasses arid cereals has been tried and. found suitable as a substitute for wood in making matches.. The straw is cut into 2-inch lengths by machinery, winnowed to obtain uniform size, and then boiled in paraffin, dried, and dipped into the mixture of chlorate of potash/ gum arabic, etc,, for the inflammable tig.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 778, 30 March 1910, Page 5
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