FLAX TREATMENT.
A NEW PROCESS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dpc. 23. Hon. D. G. Sullivap announced today that a new decortieator had been developed for flax, and was now in successful operation. This stripper was the outcome of experiments by the Department of Scjentific and Industrial Research over the past few years, and its successful application had been aided by the flax committee of the Bureau of Industry. The output'of the uiaqhiqe was flip same as the present stripper, but no preliminary sorting of the flax leaves was necessary, apd the tail stripping device not only gave a larger yield of the fibre portion" of the green leaf, bpt preservec] the finer end fibres apd produced a product which was fair superior frpm tRe opepness ppipt of view, apd moreover caused" a considerable saying in thp spihseffbffiVli operations qf paddqcking and scutching Altogether the use of the new machine involved an ecopomy of approximately £3 a ton.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 23, 24 December 1938, Page 9
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157FLAX TREATMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 23, 24 December 1938, Page 9
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