WOOL MANUFACTURE
MANY OPERATIONS NEEDED INTERESTING DETAILS The question has been asked as to the reason for the difference in wool prices as between the raw and the manufactured article. In this connection the following details of the number of operations required for the manufacture of various garments are of interest: Pure Wool Garment (33 in all.) 1. Wool sorting. 18. Scouring. 2. Wool scouring. 19. Pressing. 3. Carbonising. 20. Blowing. 4. Wool drying. 21. Cutting. 5. Seed crushing. 22. Overlocking. C». Acid nutralizg. 23. Welting. 7. Drying. ’ 24. Seam covering. 8. Dyeing. 25. Machining. 9. Blending. 26. Buttoning. 10. Oiling. 27. Buttonholing. 11. Scribbling. 2S. Ironing. 12. Carding. 29. Examining 13. Conden.-ing. 30. Mending. 14. Spinning. 31. Hand finishing. 15. Twisting. 32. Parcelling. 16. Winding. 33. Dispatching. 17. Knitting. Worsted Tweed (41 in all.) 1. Wool sorting. 22. sth drs•<:.g. 2. Wool seourinu. Reducing. 3. Wool drying. 24. Roving. 4. Worsted carding 25. Spinning. 5. Ist preparing. 26. Twisting. 6. 2nd preparing. 27. Winding. 7. Winding. 28. Warp winding. 8. Combing. 29. Warping. 9. Ist finishing. 30. Drawing .10. 2nd finishing. 31 Weft winding. 11. Top dyeing. 32. Weaving. 12.,8ack washing. 33. Mending. 13. Preparing. 34. Scouring. 14. Winding. 35. Milling. 15. 2nd combing. 36. Drying. 16. Ist finishing. 37. Burling. 17. 2n<_i nnistiing. 38. Cropping. 18. Ist drawing. 39. Blowing. 19. 2nd drawing. 40. Measuring. 20. 3rd drawing. 41. Dispatching. 21. 4th drawing. Pure Wool “Worsted” Garment. (47 in all.) 1. Wool sorting. 25. Spinning. 2. Wool scouring. 26. Twisting. 3. Wool drying. 27. Winding. 4. Worsted carding 28. Conditioning. 5. Ist preparing. 29. Knitting. 6. 2nd preparing. 30. Linking. 7. Winding. 31. Seaming. 8. Combing. 32. Sleeving. 9. Ist finishing. 33. Scouring. 10. 2nd finishing. 34. Milling. 11. Top dyeing. 35. Shrinking. 12. Back washing. 36. Boarding. 13. Preparing. 37. Drying. .14. Winding. 38. Cutting. 15. 2nd combing. 39. Binding. 16. Ist finishing. 40. Machining. If. 2nd finishing. 41. Buttoning. 18. Ist drawing. 42. Button-holing. 19. 2nd drawing. 43. Mending. 20. 3rd ’hawing. 14. Ironing. 21. 4th drawing. 45. Examining. 22. sth drawing. 46. Parcelling. 23. Reducing. ‘ 47. Dispatching. 24. Roving.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 441, 5 December 1930, Page 8
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