lant is ripe, it is pulledup by the roots, by hand, and dried onthe ground. It is combed with iron combsto remove its seed and leaves. Then the stalks are steeped in water toloosen the outside bark and the inside pithfrom the fibres between them. Thesestalks are then broken (Fig. 40). Inbreaking… … Fig. 30. Female Corticelli moth.Copyright. 1911, Nonotuck Silk Co. At the mill, the cotton is cleaned,smoothed and straightened by a series ofrevolving cylinders with teeth. It is thencarded, and run through a tube which makesit into a soft sliver. It is drawn and spunby the processes that we know.…
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