FIBRE FROM NETTLES.
;• ... : HAY SUBSTITUTE' FLAX ■ ' | : AJaj-ge Ifojcow.'inaiiufacturcr of cotton ! succc«ded in bbfainihg.froui th'e .iiettle,a fibre which may act as ; a-substitute'fof flax. v ; " -,method of .preparing• the : nettle,is ;• ,simp.e./t Iho.' nettie . is- mown aiid ! d "« 9.' >Hs..passed- tivica through ;a nia- ; cSnie; with ; smooth. and.-iluted rollers ,to i natton-the stalks aiid;separate.the useless h vegetable matter, after- lvhich the fibre is !.!Kady."--Tha"fibre is greenish, very like : Map..fibre, '-but..only ..half the. weight of I.hemp; 401b. of dried nettle gives 10 to 121b. j Of. fibre, which can replace flax or hemp, f: and can bo stripped, combed, etc., for ('spinning. Tl|e yani- obtained is fiue and « \eri good ; quality, and- dyes and V. pleaches excellentiy.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1018, 6 January 1911, Page 8
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113FIBRE FROM NETTLES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1018, 6 January 1911, Page 8
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