New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

,.. fo,,pd nowhere o,se IN hmerica. If we except
norton OF Oregon. which produces Few goo'
teazles The possibilities OF the rch Neht'al New
York uplands were discovered by the men OF Soinet
se,shirc England. who formed SO large an e'elhef'
-, tho carly population Of this part Of the state
and who naturally turned their attention TO an IN
dustry which had hour'she" !" '"''
across the sea.
parhans another reason why the teazle Is not
found Distributed in wider areas il that its cuiuVa-
,ton Is too slow for the average Northern farmer
T, takes two years 10 bring 1t to maturity me
first wear the seed Is drilled in, as Is done with
wbeat except that the rows are about three feet
or, As tho plants come up. they are th!nned
an, sand the crop IL heed and cultivated at In
,orvals hills Of corn being planted among H. that
the s,alks may hold the snow on the ground lest
the tender plants he winter-klled the second year
they are cultivated until they are 80 h'gh ana
srre,dinr that A horse can no longer pass between
the rows. and the cutting begins at any time from
Julv 20 10 August /. occupying a space OF three
weeks or more \ teaz,e field approaching ma
,ur,tv IL a pleasant sight. with its tall. sturdy
nlants with their spreading serrated leaves ana
hIossoms somewhat resembling those Of a large
thistle and Of a sweet and penetrating odor'
The cutting begins soon as the seed cases
craving on the central stem become ripe and hard.
r. ara tho largest and are called 'kings"; next
Gonna the mediums on the branching stems. and
lac, tho buttons or smallest of all The teaZle
farmer has a teazlebarn, built mucA IN the s'F'e
NJ n tobacco barn. in which he places his crop Tor
lii, nm scafods or shelves. four feet apart
Milling the teazles eight ten deep. They are Ielt
h.ra from tvo To Ave weeks. NJ the END OF mat
time the teazle buyer is making HIS rounis THIS
vear tho price offered the producer was ~ cents
Mound without sorting II he thought that too
low he was under no necessity OF se"hs' 80 lar a.
ant, discrimination OF hls tcazles was concerned ior
yhVa a teazle cannot be said 70 improve with age
ard dealers prefer new ones. the product - service
.hIe even after twenty years storage and many
man has had 10 hold his crop year after year un-
u his harms were fun overlooking. In the nope OF
roceiv,ne higher prices In a good year the supply
TO- hsan ,nown to reach 100000 and IL has fallen
a. low az 20.O0Dc0 pounds
A, the woollen factories the sum PAID TOT teaz'es
rargas from 10 to p cents pound but that II after
Tho hoads have been trimmed. sorted and packed
, ,vorl reouring some patience. for each teazle
r,us, no handled separately. How elaborate an op-
erotion ths sorting Is may be understood from the
fact thar within the three classes already mentioned
Their. are thirty sub-classes.
The process OF raising the nap OF broadcoths
chinchlla-. etc. Is technically called 'gsg ng
Amer the washing OF the dyed fabric IL Is stretched
before a revolving cylinder which IL set with tea
Ties large or small. as the fabric - TO have a
close or shaggy finish. Nothing seems easily 10
hreak those tough little hooks. and when the teazlo
ia worn out ON one side il Is turned over In the
long case In which 1t Is set with several hundred