About 25,000 acres of flax for fiber was grown during the second world war in the Province of Québec when the traditional sources of supply in Europe were cut off (Anonymous). With the armistice, the prices dropped and farmers abandoned this crop because of competition from European countries. In the 1950's a few farmers became interested in growing flax for linseed oil, chiefly in the Montreal area. The acreage bas increased steadily, so that by 1964 flax was being grown on about 35,000 acres in this Province (Shiller 1964). [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.43814 |
| Date | January 1966 |
| Creators | Laganière, Jacques. |
| Contributors | Sackston, W. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Plant Pathology) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000593527, proquestno: AAIMK00923, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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