VEGETABLE MATTER IN WOOL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 3

VEGETABLE MATTER IN WOOL.

THE PROBLEM SOLVED. ,■ : The presence in wool of minute portion: of the jute fibre of-.which-wool, "packs an usually made, has long given trouble to man ufacturers at Home, because ,thoso foreigi particlos will not take 'the dyes. Numerou: attempts havo been 1 made to overcome tin difficulty, and at last there is a hope of sue cess. An "all-wool pack"- has been devised and* been .submitted to a severe test. Bradford,^authority.. state L s i( ,that a. ?"fchorougl test was ,given packs early, in. Janu ary last ? 3|>j thoj Tja?eho.use.;.of;Messrs.; Isaai Holden and": Sons. ' Oiily somo four person, saw.;, that- test, but. it is < understood that- u] to a certain point it was. eminently satis faictoi-y.' It was made by a Huddersfiek manufacturer,, and the' strictest'• secrecy'-i: at,present: being observed. It was composec of cross-bred worsted yarn, and ' was per fectly smooth insido and out. 1 Thosi who saw -it ..were delighted with its appear ahce, and-the verdiet'-was .unanimous tha it would .do, providing iij -could be madi strong ..enough.: . The yarns, being- -hard twisted- t-hero was no. loose fibre, and th< sewing,.of ,tho had been done.with : thick worsted band, which two men could no break." The bale had ; been filled and.hari pressed witlf greasy wool, and then the test lpg time came. The bale was put on th'< liooks, hauled, up to .'they top- story 'by;', th electric 5 crane, aiid banged about' in a sirnila manner to-, ordinary. bales.. : After, beinj hauled up two or three times ono side o the: bale gave way, and ripped' open.; Thi evidently, was .the weak'spot, 'but neither th manufacturer nor those present werei in th least disappointed. • The strength of theyari was there to hold 3501b. of greasy wool _i the right weave could be - found that - wil unite the threads so firmly as to stand th strain. . The tare had been woven with stockirigette weave, or. something 'like that but; the manufacturer wrapped' up tho tare and said-that by the next ho would" bay a new-one-there wovim..in>an altogether, dil ferent way. . Of course, thero is the questio: of expense.- If the _ raw material is sold .a 10d.,'then/everything, both'tare and wool is to be paid'for at :10d; per lb. Some-ma: objcct, 'but- it 'may -be pointed out that: •» tho tare is all woo! the buyer will "be abl to-sell'that at .a very good price per poun for pulling up purposes' by way of mung tq bernsed in the/Woollen : and other-.trades The .experiment:. -isi certainly.-: ono of interest for .if:it be adopted it provides another us for. wool. •-•' '. : ' \ , .