Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson.. (1907)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 53
ing animalsand has in a modified way the scaly structure and felt-ing properties of wool. The great value of wool as a fiber lies in the factthat it is strong, elastic, soft, very susceptible to dyestuffs and being woven, furnishes a great number of Value forClothing 38 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING… … Varietiesof Sheep MERINO RAMSThe Variety of Sheep Giving the Finest Wool. There are supposed to be about thirty distinct varie-ties of sheep, nearly half of which are natives of Asia,one-third of Africa, and only four coming from Eu-rope, and two from America. Wool is divided intotwo general…
Textile industry · Sewing · Dressmaking
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