Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21

ticp to tho fibre cotton and wool differ from
fax. and also from each Other lie cxplaim-
ed the difference in curing. The chemical
process does away with all the difficulty in
the length Of the fbrcs, and they unite read.
ily from their nature, ana twist easily upon
machinery The specimens Of cloth here
nroduced we're manufactured in this neigh.
borhood. and the manufacturers can testify
rs to the practicabity of the manufacture Of
the article. is produced at two.thrds the
price of cotton in the condition ready for
manufacture.
Mr.. Nicholson said it was two years since
he had his attention called to this subject,
and since then has looked into It good deal
He displayed the specimens Of thcartlclein its
different stages Of curing and manufacture.
The long natural fibre is passed. through ma
chine. stretched aud broken. Then it goes
through the chemica process by which it is |
bleached and rendered 20 a state fit Tor man
ufacture. In the Transformation fax loses a
great deal less than cotton. 1t receives
the colorug as readily as cotton or wool. y
pound Of ibis cotton will make as much as
\ Mound Of Southern cottau The specimens
here we're produced under IBIS ogn eye. III
costs ia The natural growth Sd per ton. He-
duced by the machine, this brings 500 pounds,
making the perfect cotton about 400 pounds
from this quantity.
The Chair said that we hopo to cultivate
fax as it is cultivated in the West. The
texture Of the cloth is different from that Of
linen-not so hard and chilling. As to the
manufacture OF it, they only wanted the ar
ticle brought to any cotton mill as it was
cured and baled by the farmer, and the man
uiacturers would work il up from that condi'
@ ton.
In answer to a question he said the pro-
h cess in England Of cutting the fibre has beer
J. mostly abandoned. It's paris will not adhere
0 so well when cut as when pressed or draw
Is apart, as by the new process, in rollers.
!. Mr.. Randall said the difficulty in thi
!. manufacture has not been in raising flax, bu
to in adopting machinery itior curing it. II
a. at fist had no faith that it could be manuiaC
m turcd upon cotton machinery 1t could nc
d be done by cutting, but in spite Of his prej'
h. dice against it, he experlmcutcd by putin
* the plant apart, aud was astonlshed at n
q success with which it could be manufacture
nt after that process ino cloth In bis opinio
y. the fax plant could be cultivated and mart
In featured here in the industry Of New In
en- land, so as 10 compete with cotton. II is Il
m. hand labor that has made this plant unprcf
Nv able to the farmer. and it can only be !
so moved by improvements, as it has boca !
IN. moved in great measure. lie could hard
he tell how much had been manufactured. ]
nj. believed in the old commandment, Ia
&c shalt have no other God but me" lie
ro- not believe in bowling DOM to the fifteen
al ton States when we are able 10 supply O
: a selves.
ual DR.. Loring said he came here to get p
viii tea information, but they were not dlspo'
and to treat the subject fairly. Many sontime
the had been thrown out offensive to portion
the audience. lie denounced the contin
the reference to the South that is not the az
or ton. The question had been asked, and
in would ike to know, what quantity OF
hen had ever been successfully manufactured
, Is Mr.. Tappau said that iu the experln
to mill at Roxbury, they had manutactu
ties, some eleven thousand pounds; but the
you had been stopped for enlargement, and W
npe- complete would turn out two thousand pou
vice per day.
The discussion ended here, and the n
e to ing adjourned.