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| Keywords: Scutched fiber is removed from the scutcher and arranged for combing process - NARA - 283921.tif Scope and content Two operations breaking and scutching free the fiber in the flax stem from the woody parts The scutcher machine pictured can turn 3 1/2 tons of ratted flax into flas fiber in an 8-hour day Note the masks worn by workers to protect from dust and fluff particles General notes 283921 Local identifier Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 06/17/1981 - NARA's Central Plains Region Kansas City NREA 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City MO 64108 other date ~ 1945 Record group Record Group 54 Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry Soils and Agricultural Engineering 1853 - 1977 Record group ARC 383 Flax Project Photographs compiled 1908 - 1977 Series ARC 283896 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRE-54-FP PHO -156 yes Other versions <gallery> File Scutched_fiber_is_removed_from_the_scutcher_and_arranged_for_combing_process_-_NARA_-_283921 tif tif File Scutched_fiber_is_removed_from_the_scutcher_and_arranged_for_combing_process_-_NARA_-_283921 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs Dressing flax 1940s fashion Women at work in World War II | ||||