Illinois Chapter October 2019 BS Thread
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-1°C this morning and a hard frost but fairly clear sky and sun is shining to bring it up to 10° today. More rain for the weekend but after that we are supposed to be fairly nice the rest of the month..
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So many fiber crops to choose from!
Ancient Sanskrit on Hemp based Paper. Hemp Fiber was commonly used in the production of paper from 200 BCE to the Late 1800's.
To have a source of fiber to utilize in production, the fiber first must be extracted from the plant. This is done in different ways depending on the fiber classification. Bast fibers are harvested through rettingwhich is where microbes are utilized to remove soft tissues from the plant and only the useful fibrous material remains. Hard fibers are harvested mainly through decortication which is where the non-fibrous tissues are removed by hand or machine. Lastly, surface fibers are harvested through ginning which is where a machine removes the fibers from other plant material.
- Bast fibers
- Ramie, fiber plants grow along Chang Jiang river, edible with anti bacteria function.
- Esparto, a fiber from a grass
- Jute, widely used, it is the cheapest fiber after cotton
- Flax, produces linen
- Indian hemp, the Dogbane used by Native Americans
- Hemp, a soft, strong fiber, edible seeds
- Hoopvine, also used for barrel hoops and baskets, edible leaves, medicine
- Kenaf, the interior of the plant stem is used for its fiber. Edible leaves.
- Beans, an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants.
- Linden Bast
- Nettles
- Ramie, a nettle, stronger than cotton or flax, makes "China grass cloth"
- Papyrus, a pith fiber, akin to a bast fiber
- Leaf fibers
- Abacá, a banana, producing "manila" rope from leaves
- Sisal, an agave
- Bowstring Hemp, a common house plant, also Sansevieria roxburghiana, Sansevieria hyacinthoides
- Henequen, an agave. A useful fiber, but not as high quality as sisal
- Phormium, “New Zealand Flax”
- Yucca, an agave relative
- Seed fibers and fruit fibers
- Other fibers (Leaf, fruit, and other fibers)
- Bamboo fiber, a viscose fiber like rayon, technically a semi-synthetic fiber
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Good evening Illinois and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Ken, Sean, Neil! 
Was a cool start of the day here this morning, 38° but sunny.
Made a quick trip to Galesburg this morning, The woman that is doing the Tag Sale on the remaining items in Patty's dads house called and said she and her husband got to his house and said it was open. I changed the combination on the door lock
and determined that her husband failed to close and lock the door when they left the day before. Two flat screen TVs were still there.
Tonight we had neighbors here for hot dogs on the fire pit. Was a chilly evening at 50°, perfect for a fall cookout.
We're expecting rain tomorrow evening.
We have a cemetery tour tomorrow that is a tour of one of the cemeteries here telling a story of a noted Peorian buried at the site. Should be interesting. Back when I was a kid we played there, so I know my way around the place.
Was a cool start of the day here this morning, 38° but sunny.
Made a quick trip to Galesburg this morning, The woman that is doing the Tag Sale on the remaining items in Patty's dads house called and said she and her husband got to his house and said it was open. I changed the combination on the door lock
and determined that her husband failed to close and lock the door when they left the day before. Two flat screen TVs were still there.
Tonight we had neighbors here for hot dogs on the fire pit. Was a chilly evening at 50°, perfect for a fall cookout.
We're expecting rain tomorrow evening.
We have a cemetery tour tomorrow that is a tour of one of the cemeteries here telling a story of a noted Peorian buried at the site. Should be interesting. Back when I was a kid we played there, so I know my way around the place.
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So many fiber crops to choose from!Howdy Sean!
Ancient Sanskrit on Hemp based Paper. Hemp Fiber was commonly used in the production of paper from 200 BCE to the Late 1800's.
Before the industrialisation of the paper production the most common fiber source was recycled fibers from used textiles, called rags. The rags were from ramie, hemp, linen and [cotton].[4] A process for removing printing inks from recycled paper was invented by German jurist Justus Claproth in 1774.[4] Today this method is called deinking. It was not until the introduction of wood pulp in 1843 that paper production was not dependent on recycled materials from ragpickers.[4]
To have a source of fiber to utilize in production, the fiber first must be extracted from the plant. This is done in different ways depending on the fiber classification. Bast fibers are harvested through rettingwhich is where microbes are utilized to remove soft tissues from the plant and only the useful fibrous material remains. Hard fibers are harvested mainly through decortication which is where the non-fibrous tissues are removed by hand or machine. Lastly, surface fibers are harvested through ginning which is where a machine removes the fibers from other plant material.
- Bast fibers
- Ramie, fiber plants grow along Chang Jiang river, edible with anti bacteria function.
- Esparto, a fiber from a grass
- Jute, widely used, it is the cheapest fiber after cotton
- Flax, produces linen
- Indian hemp, the Dogbane used by Native Americans
- Hemp, a soft, strong fiber, edible seeds
- Hoopvine, also used for barrel hoops and baskets, edible leaves, medicine
- Kenaf, the interior of the plant stem is used for its fiber. Edible leaves.
- Beans, an edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants.
- Linden Bast
- Nettles
- Ramie, a nettle, stronger than cotton or flax, makes "China grass cloth"
- Papyrus, a pith fiber, akin to a bast fiber
- Leaf fibers
- Abacá, a banana, producing "manila" rope from leaves
- Sisal, an agave
- Bowstring Hemp, a common house plant, also Sansevieria roxburghiana, Sansevieria hyacinthoides
- Henequen, an agave. A useful fiber, but not as high quality as sisal
- Phormium, “New Zealand Flax”
- Yucca, an agave relative
- Seed fibers and fruit fibers
- Other fibers (Leaf, fruit, and other fibers)
- Bamboo fiber, a viscose fiber like rayon, technically a semi-synthetic fiber