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Dick

05-11-2001 06:30:33




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Saw some fields in Indiana yesterday that were lavender in color. A little lighter than red clover and planted in rows. I had seen some flax in Minn a long time ago and it looked like this. Does anyone have expierence with flax? Thanks Dick




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Tom from Ontario

05-12-2001 20:46:59




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 Re: Flax in reply to Dick, 05-11-2001 06:30:33  
After the Second World War, guys around here got rich growing flax. Then the market went south and there is only about 1500 acres grown in the whole province. It can be a money maker, but you can lose your religion real easy. It is a late seeded crop around here and was the last ditch crop for low land and that made for very dicey harvests. Swathing it will drive you mad change sickles every 30 acres, if it is the slightest bit damp, it will wrap on everything and is just like wet rope, same with combining. When dry, it will slip right through, but when wet, you will think of burning combines and suicide. Flax straw is brutal to deal with and your straw chopper had better be in top condition. Better yet, use a separate chopper not on the combine to deal with the straw.

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Russ

05-11-2001 17:11:43




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 Re: Flax in reply to Dick, 05-11-2001 06:30:33  
If what you saw was flax, it may not be being grown for fiber but for flax seed. Flax seed has the highest level of omega-3 fatty acid known, I believe. Find the Canadian Flax Council on the web to get the full scoop.



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Tom-Pa

05-11-2001 10:28:31




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 Re: Flax in reply to Dick, 05-11-2001 06:30:33  
yep, I wear the end result...linen shirts, breechclout, use tow to clean my rifle, (blackpowder) start fires..
After being cut, it is left in field to ret,(read rot) for about a week or so to start the stalk breakdown, then put it thru a break, the thru several different size hackles and you end up with the strands from the stalks. these you spin into thread and then can weave into linen cloth.

I get into it as I am a reenactor pre Rev. war. At that time, Linen was the commom cloth, along with wool garments. Cotton was available, but too expensive for the common man. Now adays, due to better methods of raising and processing cotton, it has become the common cloth..

hope this helps
Tom-Pa

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paul

05-11-2001 20:02:54




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 Re: Re: Flax in reply to Tom-Pa, 05-11-2001 10:28:31  
Tom, to go totally off-topic, I have a friend that should get together with you. He's a member of the New Ulm Battery, they do a lot of re-enactments & he loves getting into it. So does his daughter. They take the town cannon all over the 5-state region for shoots. Here in Minnesota, wool seems to be the fiber most used.

As to flax, dad used to grow it, but that was before my time, wish I knew more about it. Most was purple, some was a different color I believe.

--->Paul

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