Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1911)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 46
D SPINNING. 27 On crossbred sheep this part becomes very coarse, and is muchthe same as No. 8, which is the coarsest part of the wool, and is known asbreech or britch, and even, when very strong, as cow-taiL Whenlike this it almost resembles horsehair, though it is more brittleand not so smooth and… … )tR*^ Fig. 12. No. 12, the front of the throat, is short and worn with rub-bing. Kemps, or dead hairs are mostly found in No. 12 and No. 8,though in the latter they are much longer and stronger than inthe former. No. 13 is the head, on which the wool is very short indeed,rough and coarse like the…
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