Flax

dc.creator	Oregon State University. Extension Service
dc.creator	Ehrensing, D. T.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-16T17:58:40Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-16T17:58:40Z
dc.date.issued	2008-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/20529
dc.description	Published February 2008. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog	en
dc.description.abstract	Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an ancient crop grown for seed and oil and for the strong fiber produced in its stems. The plant was domesticated approximately 7,000 years ago. The ancient Egyptians produced fabrics from flax including linen, which they used to wrap their dead for embalming. Flax was introduced to North America by the earliest European settlers and has been produced in the U.S. and Canada since then. It was grown as early as 1617 in Quebec and moved across the continent with settlers in the 1800s. Flax was always one of the first crops settlers planted as they broke prairie sod throughout the upper Midwest, Great Plains, and Canadian Prairies.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Corvallis, Or. : Extension Service, Oregon State University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EM (Oregon State University. Extension Service)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	8952	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EM	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	8952	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Flax	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Oilseed plants	en_US
dc.title	Flax	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US
dc.description.peerreview	yes	en_US