Eastman,Whitney. The History
of the Linseed Oil Industry in the United States. T.S. Denison & Company,
Minneapolis, 1968.
Chapter One: The Raw Material--Flaxseed. p15-24
Chapter two: Growth and
Decline of Flaxseed Production in the United States along with
the rise and fall of the linseed Oil processing Industry. p
25-62 Includes company histories.
Chapter Three: the Work
of the Flax Development Committee and the Flax Institute of the
United States. p 63-106 Includes information about the FIUS,
and various research institutions and researchers involved in the
development of flax and understanding of flax diseases., especially
North Dakota State University.
Chapter Four: The Evolution of Processing Equipment
Chapter Five: Uses of the
Products of the Flax Plant. p 123-148 History of the uses of the flax plant in the United
States, mainly in the nineteenth century, and up to mid twentieth
century
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