ind the book of interest,
particularly the chapters describing cotton, woolen, worsted, and silk
fabrics.

The author is under obligations to Mr. Franklin W. Hobbs, treasurer of
the Arlington Mills, for permission to use illustrations and
information from literature published by the Arlington Mills; to Mr.
S. H. Ditchett, editor of _Dry Goods Economist_, for permission to use
information from his publication, "Dry Goods Encyclopedia"; to the
editor of the _Textile Mercury_; to Frank P. Bennett, of the _American
Wool and Cotton Reporter_, for permission to use information from
"Cotton Fabrics Glossary"; and to the instructors of the Lawrence
Industrial School for valuable information. In addition, information
has been obtained from the great body of textile literature, which the
author desires to acknowledge.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

FIBERS
PAGE
Animal Fibers--Wool, Silk, Mohair. Vegetable--Cotton,
Flax, Jute, Hemp. Mineral--Asbestos, Tinsel, Metallic.
Remanufactured Material--Noils, Mungo, Shoddy, Extract,
and Flocks. Artificial Fibers--Spun Glass, Artificial
Silk, Slag Wool. Structure of Wool. Characteristics of
Wool. Classification of Wool. Carpet and Knitting Wools.
Sheep Shearing. Variation in Weight of Fleeces. Shipping
the Fleeces. Value of Wool Business. Saxony and Silesian
Wool, Australian Wool, Port Philip Wool, Sydney Wool,
Adelaide Wool, Van Wool from Tasmania, New Zealand Wool,
Cape Wools, Wools from South America, Russian Wool, Great
Britain Wools, Lincoln, Leicester, Southdown, Shropshire;
Cashmere Wools, Norfolkdown and Suffolkdown Wools, Cheviot
Wool, Welsh Wools, Shetland Wools, Irish Wools, Mohair,
Alpaca Wool. How Wool is Marketed 1

CHAPTER II

WOOL SORTING

Sorting. Classing Grades of Wool. Merino Wool. Difference
between Lamb's and Sheep's Wool. Pulled Wool. Delaine
Wool. Wool Sorter. Wool Washing, Wool Drying, Oiling.
Burring and Carbonizing. Bur Picker, Blending 16

CHAPTER III

WOOL SUBSTITUTES AND WASTE PRODUCTS

Wool Substitutes and Waste Remanufactured--Noils, Shoddy,
and Mungo. Methods of Producing Shoddy and Mungo--Dusting,
Sorting, Seaming, Oiling, Grinding. Extract Wool. Flocks 32

CHAPTER IV

WORSTED YARN

Carding, Combing. Worsted Tops--Gill Boxes. Different
methods of Spinning--B