NEW ZEALAND FLAX.
■ME:f|STpEOi)iJDT;. : ,,: : .v; : ; . ■'''¥&,; iye; are!; 'hiake'inothef. eifoUMt^^ ■ prflduci■ oj vcriir;;.liemp.."?:l;.meaii■'.the : grceiiitiiff^'yfegetatm,';'-gum p etc., : udricijitheVstrippers, take [<s,'■ remarklargely interested in i tiieLNcw:: Zealand hemp industry'to a ; iole yaliie,: medir. :cipl,or : :MumerciaV. : iu,4 ;v: are ;g6ing,tb. : .send ; to.6^ ;iri'Germany,a'number of samples of it; ;%i;; ; ilieni' I'toyvtry: and what;: ;;valuev: if. aiiVjiiit Ippssesses. ; V The sam-.v : ples will: te.:sent4lnVg!}'::.^^T-. J^-v fciflij^Cfa^'eriiment^Biolo : fitaii(l :V samples ■.pf. ; -;the"': stu (?;■ ,w ill .■ .^; One'; v r il 1 V: be: &oirie.;< or : the skippers, ■'■' £ rclu6e'';in;Viv;. : 'dned : ;;statb,: .di'iecl. .^l^-nTay^jdeeibly'ws ■:ing ; ;ref usej '.fas;' it is ',, imay/ ; prflTO;^ ; :be;in 'reality iyeryiyalu-:' ijiie;' .cdniiliodity; '; ; That' tlie-phormium;; '.liiiiig'as/ithb: -MaorU medicine ; : ; men, ;by| ; 'iivfcertain;;'complaiiits.;^S6m^;bf : ; to : ; ;tb ; 'he; niore valuable, than -., ..tlio:. "output of. hemp .and,tbwx;Jt/-.is. ; ■Germany because iti ■s■ ; : beliieyed:thafe;tlie^ernianscieritists :; arci:': iii : .advaivto of.'any others in the workV ; : likely to lie' ;'abl'e'#.discover'what merits or ; value i the yefuse'vpossesses. It' has-..been' vprov.ed/that.the gum of the flax has •inaVyej'loiis-.ciirafcive properties, ,super;ior,';indeedS for skin abraisonsrto ; any substaiico known,.and there are strong fees that' the medicinal element' contained ;iii the refuse may-prove.-to bo ..of, considerable' comniercial ; value,.'; The r'k'sult bi'the. investigationsbythe Ger-' ; *mau ;';awaited.:';Avith '-yery ;ba ; g?r all'wlMvare. in-:torested,;in;.the:.:-faiture .of the heriip in-, ■:dustry.V ; .'-: ;.,-';• :;v ' .v:' .'.;.■ : :.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9544, 22 June 1911, Page 5
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193NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9544, 22 June 1911, Page 5
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