IRISH FLAX.
A correspondent writes: —Referring to your clipping from The New Zealand Times, suggesting that it may oe possible to grow the Irish flax in this country, it may be stated that it has been grown in several parts of the Dominion, including this district. Some years ago Mr. T. Waller and other Puni settlers grew it most successfully for rrpre than one season, but it is understood that the amount of labour required and the cost of landing the fibre in Ireland made it an unprofitable crop. The cost of both these items has enormously increased of late years and the chance of a remunerative return now would be practically nil. If I am not mistaken, the plant has to be palled, not reaped. It has then c be steeped in pits until the vegetable matter decomposes and is afterwards scutched and bleached. It is notoriously one of the most exhaustingcrops that can be grown, and is not at all likely to come into favour under presnt conditions.
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 608, 15 February 1921, Page 5
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170IRISH FLAX. Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 608, 15 February 1921, Page 5
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