HEMP FROM LINSEED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 100, 25 April 1912, Page 6

HEMP FROM LINSEED.

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IVith the object of encouraging th« production of hemp from the linseed plant within the Empire (says the Journal of the Department of Agriculture) the British Incorporate! Chamber i.of Commerce and Shipping communicated with >tbo Minister ior Agriculture, the/ Hon. T. Mackenz:e, ■•expressing its willingness, should any linseed be produced within the Dominion, to have this treated in England for fibre purposes. It was pointed out that the consumption of linseed hemp was steadily increasing, and it was the desire ol: the Chamber to encourage production as much as possible within the Empire. If.. such an experimental, shipment be made the Chamber undertakes to give it the best attention. to have it examined by experts, «.n-'d when dressed- to have an authoritative opinion passed upon the commercial product. As the growing of linseed is receiving more attention in New Zealand, it may be that private growers will entertain the idea of test ing the question of dressing the stalks for fibre. If so, the. Department w»il arrange for a trial shipment to be miide, and advantage be taken of the *o«er of the British Incorporated Uiamber of Commerce and Shipping. 4* raay be .pointed out, -the Journal «Gds, that..'.the,steeping, cutting, and switching <S:the linseed, stalks M no inconsiderable item, and' the cost of these processes will have to be ascertain, before any definite idea can be obtained-«&■ to the possibilities in -th«V production of fibre from this plant