Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-09-04
FLAX COTTON.

We NlNNtil WHICH AltNt4lNl NllN'NIN
gives Of the causes which first led him to
experiment upon flax, for the purpose Of
" coitonizing" it is exceedingly interesting,
inasmuch as 1t shows that his success was
The result of uductiyc research, aud not
the offspring If mere chance. lie tells ms
that, 10 wandering along the luxuriant banks
of one of the Brazilian rivers, his attention
was attracted TO white, down-like sub
stance adherlng To the branches of trees,
overlapping and touching the stream On
obtaining quantity of %, be was SO pleas
ed with lis character that, thinking that he
had discovered some hitherto unknown veg
etable product, he was determined TO trace
IT, ii possible, toits source, and 10 ascer-
tain the plant which had yielded it. With
The ardour of a naturalist he commenced
his task, aud eventually found that the SUBJ
stance bad been washed from bed of fax
straw, the produce of some of his own land
and which, long before, he had caused to
be thrown, as useless, near the banks of the
river. 70 tins heap the swollen waters had
occasional accoss--iermcuiation and the de-
composition OF portion of he plant had
taken pace-and IN time the influence Of
natural chemistry had So separated the fla
ments of the flax fibre as to give the mass
coton-lke appearance; and some of It,
hnVlng been washed lutothe river, had been
arrested 10y the oyerhangiug branches. Az
though the substance thus accidentally dts
covered war far from beng VA that condl-
ton which would tn IL for The hands Of the
couon-splnner vet even Ia MS then imper-
iec' state It led the Che'alier To entertain
'ne lIra Oh 'ie p"Sslhiliiy oi completing. Toy
lhe aid Of arltnciaI chemistry, that winch
nature had bat partially accomplished
lie hf~t OBJECT worthy ct notice ln the
stand OF Che'aler Clau>>en, Is machine
igf the p"rP"-c OF reducing The bulk of the
iliN crop 10y the removal of considerable
p"ruon OF ihe sifn" from the stem OF the
paul. ieiAln4 '"e more 900 a partially clean
en- ''''e. llhefl' ule great diiiicu'ly with
ail growers az utN mas been the preparation
OF me crop lof market; the grower having
beeh c"'hpeiel either To resort to the icdi-
GUS ana pfecarions process OF sleeping his
NAN or TO dispose OF 1t to factors A. 1t came
from the held, upon any terms winch they
might mink proper To offer, as the great
bulk OF the crop prevented the farmer from
sending It 10 market IN the same manner
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