Summary: Flax Harvest 2
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After the flax stems had rotted labourers had the unpleasant task of removing the retted flax from the dams. The retted flax was then spread over a field where it could dry. It was then put in stacks before being taken to a scutch mill where the stems were broken by machine to separate the fibres from the woody cores. The photograph shows just how thinly and evenly the flax had to be spread.
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