Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) : a practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed and fiber, with a sketch of the history and nature of the hemp plant / by S. S.Boyce.

  • Boyce, Sidney Smith.
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) : a practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed and fiber, with a sketch of the history and nature of the hemp plant / by S. S.Boyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    action may be gentle ni)on the liamlfnls of fiber held 111) to them or thrown upon them, as shown in the illustration. This combing- or scutching-machine docs all the working which the hemp fil)er requires after l)cing softened in the breaking maidiine. Nor Pig. 13. Hemp Scutch ok Combing Machine. a. Handful of Hemp. should the work be made severe upon the heni]), as a good deal of tangled fiber or tow would thus be made, which is of less value than the straight fibers or line. As with other products and practices upon the farm, there is an abundant reward for fine work, while but a poor recompense attends the careless