FLAX SEED.
WORTH TWENTY SHILLINGS PER POUND. The high commercial value of flax seed was revealed in the Auckland Supreme Court last week during the hearing of a claim for damages by a flax milling company. Mr. Holmden, ' counsel for the company, stated that the manager had collected 300 pounds of flax seed. “Pounds weight or pounds worth?” asked Mr. Justice Reed. “Both weight and worth,” replied counsel. “It is worth £1 per pound.” He.said that the seed had all to be specially selected, and could not be obtained in large quantities from seed merchants.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3846, 18 September 1928, Page 3
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95FLAX SEED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3846, 18 September 1928, Page 3
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