American Woolen Company · Boston, Mass., American woolen co · leaf 13
ece is spread out on a table,the center of which is covered with wirenetting, and through this netting part ofthe dust and other matter from the woolfalls while the sorting is going on. Sort-ers tear with the hands the differentparts of the fleece from each other andseparate them into piles,… … FROM WOOL TO CLOTH of the wool from matting, except at theends, where, of course, it collects dust,and, forming a sort of a coating, reallyserves as a protection to the rest of thefleece while on the sheeps back. After the wool is sorted it is nextcleansed or scoured, in order to remove allthis…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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