['35', '(#71)', '##############################################', 'CARDING', 'AND', 'CONDENSING', 'General', 'Consideration', 'However', 'well', 'wool', 'may', 'be', 'scoured', 'it', 'invariably', 'appears', 'as', 'a', 'sullied', 'mass', 'after', 'carding.', 'This', 'is', 'specially', 'noticeable', 'in', 'the', 'carding', 'of', 'combing', 'wools', '(scoured', 'only).', 'It', 'is', 'not', 'that', 'the', 'card', 'dirties', 'the', 'wool,', 'but', 'that', 'certain', 'fibre-groups', 'have', 'emerged', 'from', 'the', 'scouring', 'bath', 'still', 'stuck', 'together', 'by', 'grease', 'and', 'dirt,', 'and', 'the', 'carder,', 'in', 'freeing', 'these,', 'releases', 'a', 'certain', 'amount', 'of', 'grease', 'and', 'dirt', 'which', 'spreads', 'itself', 'over', 'the', 'whole', 'mass', 'and', 'thus', 'gives', 'rise', 'to', 'the', 'sullied', 'appearance', 'of', 'the', 'sliver', 'or', 'film', 'produced.', 'It', 'is', 'just', 'this', 'freeing', 'of', 'the', 'material,', 'fibre', 'by', 'fibre,', 'that', 'carding', 'is', 'designed', 'to', 'effect.', 'It', 'is', 'almost', 'of', 'equal', 'importance', 'that', 'fibres', 'should', 'be', 'reversed', 'and', 'turned', 'about', 'during', 'the', 'passage', 'through', 'the', 'machine-root', 'to', 'tip', 'and', 'tip', 'to', 'root.', 'An', 'excellent', 'training', 'in', 'imaginative', 'insight', 'is', 'to', 'follow', 'a', 'fibre', 'or', 'lock', 'of', 'wool', 'through', 'the', 'card,', 'estimating', 'its', 'chance', 'of', 'being', 'turned', 'round', 'at', 'each', 'roller', 'and', 'averaging', 'up', 'the', 'final', 'result', 'of', 'a', 'number', 'of', 'fibres', 'similarly', 'treated.', 'Mr.', 'Howard', 'Priestman,', 'at', 'Leeds', 'University', 'some', 'time', 'ago,', 'obtained', 'fairly', 'exact', 'results', 'of', 'such', 'a', 'test', 'by', 'tinting', 'the', 'tips', 'of', 'fibres', 'red,', 'passing', 'these', 'into', 'the', 'card', 'under', 'three', 'conditions', 'and', 'then', 'examining', 'the', 'position', 'of', 'each', 'fibre', 'in', 'the', 'resultant', 'sliver.*', 'The', 'cleansing', 'from', 'impurities', 'of', 'the', 'material', 'to', 'be', 'carded', 'is', 'well', 'understood', 'by', 'the', 'cotton', 'carder,', 'but', 'too', 'frequently', 'partially', 'overlooked', 'by', 'the', 'woollen', 'carder.', 'This', 'is', 'due', 'to', 'the', 'comparative', 'unimportance', 'of', 'the', 'cleansing', 'operation', 'in', 'woollen', 'carding', 'as', 'compared', 'with', 'cotton', 'carding,', 'and', 'also', 'to', 'the', 'fact', 'that', 'if', 'the', 'woollen', 'card', 'is', 'properly', 'designed', 'impurities', 'fall', 'out', 'and', 'con-', 'sequently', 'do', 'not', 'involve', 'any', 'special', 'setting', 'of', 'the', 'card,', '*"Wool', 'Combing,"', 'by', 'Howard', 'Priestman,', 'p.', '101.', '»', '35']
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