THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
DROP IN GRADING POINTS
MILLERS BLAME SYSTEM.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ]
PALMERSTON NORTH. Saturday. A welcome revival in the flax industry and a large increase in the output are the result of the better prides for flax. Areas hitherto unprofitable are now being handled. The millers, however, arc seriously concerned over what they consider anomalies in grading. The returns this season show a decided falling off.. It is understood that the graders contend it is due to carelessness in milling and the use of inferior leaf. The millers, on the other hand, insist that the increased percentage of lower grade is solely due to an alteration in the methods of grading. One authority estimates that on the present output the loss to the industry through this cause will be at least £50,000 a year. The matter is regarded so seriously that representations are being made to tho Government with tho object of getting an impartial investigation into tho whole grading system. Yellow leaf disease, which caused such havoc in the industry recently, and was thought to have died out, has reappeared in some of the larger areas in the Manawatu. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 9
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192THE FLAX INDUSTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 9
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