 | Essex Agricultural Society (Mass.) - 1830 - 228 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of that State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...is woven into cloth, which is worn by the women for every day gowns. It is sometimes manufactured into very strong and durable carpets. " Those cocoons... | |
 | Jonathan Holmes Cobb - Mulberry - 1831 - 86 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of that State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...cloth, which is worn by the women for every-day gowns. It is sometimes manufactured into very strong and durable carpets. Those cocoons that-the grubs have... | |
 | Agriculture - 1832 - 1030 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of that State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...is woven into cloth, which is worn by the women for every day gowns. It is sometimes manufactured into very strong and durable carpets. " Those cocoons... | |
 | Edward P. Roberts - Mulberry - 1835 - 92 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of the state requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...a common wool wheel. The yarn is woven into cloth, usually worn by the women for every day gowns ; and sometimes manufactured into strong and durable... | |
 | Jonathan Holmes Cobb - Mulberry - 1836 - 116 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of the State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...sticks with a small hand machine, and is then ready for market." The Silk Manual, prepared by order of Congress, and published in 1828, contains the following... | |
 | James Gaskins - Agriculture - 1838 - 236 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of the State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...sticks with a small hand machine, and is then ready for market." Brooks' Silk Spinning Machine is highly spoken of, as suitable for families engaged in the... | |
 | Jonathan Holmes Cobb - Mulberry - 1839 - 182 pages
...reel two yards long, and is divided into skeins of twenty threads each, as the statute of that State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made...cloth, which is worn by the women for every-day gowns. It is sometimes manufactured into very strong and durable carpets. Those cocoons that the grubs have... | |
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State requires. If it be calculated for twist, it is made three threaded, twisted and done up into sticks with a small hand machine, and is then ready for the market. • The floss, or tow, as it is called, is boiled in strong suds for three hours, dried,... 