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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Agricultural Organisation So- ciety, 95, 97 Alpaca, 181 Anthrax infection, 108 Apprenticeships, Flemings and, 16 Arkwright, Richard, 30 Australasian wool sales, 88, 89 Australia, founding of wool flocks, 74; Captain Macar- thur's modest start, 74; de- velopment of the merino, 76; cross-breeding, 78; climatic advantages, 78; sheep loca- tions, 78, 79; water difficulties overcome, 79; numbers and value of sheep and wool, 80- 84; shearing, 101-104; trans- portation, 105; classing, 107; manufacturing possibilities, 190; bounties and tariffs, 191 Baling, 109,110 Beaming, 182 Bean, Captain, and British Empire wool, 54 Big ranches vermis small farms, 63 Blanket and his invention, 7, 167 Bradford and its trade, 170 British classification at fault, 94 British supremacy challenged, 189 Burying in woollen, 4 Carding, 117 Carpet making, 179 Carpet wools, 56, 179 Cartwright, Edmund, 30 Cheviots, 60, 164, 165 Classing wool, 106 Clothing trade, 157, 158 Coalfields and the wool trade, 25 "Coatings," 18 Combing, 30,116 Crofters' industry, 148 Crompton, Samuel, 30 Cross-breeding for mutton, 61,62 Designing cloth, 142 Dewsbury and Batley trade, 152, 153 "Doffers," 121 Domestic weaving methods, 28 Down wools, 60 Dyeing, 139 Edward III. and wool industry, 8 England's manufacturing ad- vantages, 194 English weol growers and home market, 93, 94 Factory riots, 32 Fashion's effects on trade, 185 "Faults" in wool, 109 Felt hats, 181 Felting, Pliny on, 3 Finishing processes, 187 Flemings in the North and West, 18; general settlement, 19; and horticulture, 20 Flemish harried by free-hooters, 25 Fuller on the Flemings, 8 Fulling mills, 7 Future of wool trade, 184 Grease in wool, 113 Guilds, 7 Hand-loom weavers, 27,125 Hargreaves, James, 29 Healding, 122 Home-spun goods, 147 Hosiery trade, ...
