NEW FLAX STRIPPER.
V ■ BIG SAVING, EXPECTED. "The depressed state of the flax market is natiiiailj caUsi|ig. : - millers to-think seriously of the best means' of reducing the' cost of production. The latest improvement reported is a. new stripping .machinp/XhicK ;llr;)H/;.Qreig has .invented, and which" is being worked successfully; at .the,, mill., at Foxtpn. It is stated that by quite a simple in the stripper now being used a saving of thing like 20s. per,iton,.of ,ilax is'expected to be made. The.spindle of tho stripper .is arranged "oh ..'different, principle, and by this .means the strain'on the flax is made continuous right from-the tail to the butts. Mr. Greig's device is stated to strip flax as clean as it does .the biit't, .ancVVtoVgive\aS.better thread , through; ■;.;.'■''"::,;.'. \'^X ; " ■ : :''•■,. "■'lt is pleasing■''at. -last-toHi* -able'.to. report that there is a slightly better demand in tho local flax' market. This is .dnel mainly to merchants covering shortages .ih'.thoir: .contrac'ts. v London,;,jiqwpver, shows an improvement of/ ss. a toil. The.present range of, prices, locally -is ;froni ;£20.,155. ; ,<tp.-ji2l.>f o .S'BP. o d'fair, .and to-'i26 : for'fair."; : '" " '" :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 792, 15 April 1910, Page 8
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177NEW FLAX STRIPPER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 792, 15 April 1910, Page 8
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