LINEN FLAX CULTURE.
BIG ACREAGE IN SOUTH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 11. “It is not generally known that some years ago linen flax was grown in New Zealand for the production of linseed oil,” said Hon. D. G. Sullivan yesterday. “The experience then gained will no doubt prove useful, as the question of the manufacture of linseed oil, cattle cake, etc., will come prominently before the Linen Flax Committee, the newly-formed section of the Department of Industries and Commerce. “Samples of linen flax grown in New Zealand have been very favourably received and commented'upon by experts in both England and Ireland. Because of work undertaken before the outbreak of the war, we here in New Zealand have now reached a stage where the project has taken shape. Officers of the Department of Agriculture have established contact with the farming community, • explaining requirements, investigating area 6, and generally setting in train the initial steps necessary for the development of the industry. “In all 14,000 acres will be sown, spread over the South Island.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 217, 12 August 1940, Page 6
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