The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-10

secured. and thea teaseled. by which
the nap is made.
When you visit g. wcOleu mill you wiz
be sure to see the teassiing machine
and the teasels which arc used-as,
many as three thousand sometimes in
dressing one piece of cloth
Then YOU viii be told that these,
teasels are q natural product, and not,
an artificial one, as those unacquainted
with yvOOlcn manufacture might be leCt
to suppose, and though wire cards have
repeatedly been tried for this purpose,
these teasels are still holding their
place as the only suitable material for.
effectually raising the nap without any.
yEadue damage to the fiber.
A large amount Of teasels are grown
in Belgium They are sown in spring.
in August or September they are trans.
planted, and twelve months after this.
the first crop is gathered
The heads must be gathered before
all flowers have blOOmed, else the
points are dried too much and lose their.
elasticity. The older and drier ones
are always prefera bic to the fresh ones.
This plant is found growing wild in
middle Europe, but is then useless for
manufacturers, because in that state the,
points are not bent
In England the cultivated plant is,
/ also raises a good crop in Poland and
! the Crimea- 1t is naturalized in this
country, and grows in hedges and
roadsides from Massachusetts to.
Louisiana, but is not cultivated 90 any
extent.
The heads, after having been cut of
! the plant, generally pass at once into.
| the hands of the dealers The latter, in
| France, travel in July about the dis
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| crops in the field.
The dealer then sorts the teasels,
/ taking out those which are crooked, too.
| thick, or wOrm-eaten; he removes the.
/ huslSs, cuts the stems to one uniform
| length, ranges them into first and
second qualities, divides these again
! into eight or ten sorts, according to.
/ their length. and packs them into large
! casks and sells them at so much per
| thousand; a cask of the smallest size
/ holding as many as one hundred and
| fifty thousand, while one of the larger.
/ sizes only containing ten thousand, but
/ all weigh four hundred and 6fty pounds
! to the caslS. In Russia they are sold
| by the cask, in other parts Of Europe
| by weight.
| AS the teasel is q cultivated pro hue
/ ton of the thistle plant, it follows that
4 its vaIle for manufacturing purposes is
/ enhanced by careful cultivation. The
/ hooks, which are small, bent leaflets OF
| the flower, are generally set vertically.
/ in trausposed rows, though in the French
! they grow ip the form of a spiral round
| the central cone, and closer at the bot
/ tom than the top
This leahet has a strong rib at it's
| back, which is bath stiff and elastic;
the sides form, 50 TO speak, wings,
which are attached to the softer central
/ core, and thus form an elastic spring.
Ill IL
in work. Each hook also leans against
its predecessor, sO that when the force
/ which pulls il is too strong, it turns 6
little sideways, and thus lets the resis+
ance slip of. This is one of the prime
! pal qualities OF the natural teasel. an
! has never been reproduced in artifci
! limitations.
In the well-grOvvn teasels, tire hoo
/ are situated horizontally, and vcrtica
to the spindle, while in the inferior o..
| they incline as much as forty degree
The French teasels are pretty r..
| lar: the hook Is horizontal, stronger
| longer than others. and dries be
without losing its elasticity. The
man kind is less regular or strong ...
/ on that account is often preferre
| fue qualities OF cloth, which rec
more careful treatment.
Dampness is injurious to all T.
which soon mould. and then lose
! of their elasticity. Days
Hamlet aa Sic Was.
AmIeth. as il was formerly