on the preceding page. age at which the animal is killed, as much per- climates where the swine are least domesti- haps as anything else, determines the value of the cated. It is within the last thirty years that the bristle for brush-making. The Chinese have long marketing of bristle has become an… … Bristles are obtained in Poland, Russia, Si- ^ Bargain in Bristle beria, Bessarabia, Turkey, France, India, and R y here that the merchant makes his contract with the China, the most valuable coming from the colder Chinese for future delivery. [129]
