VO EEPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



bedspread, woven in Dinwiddle County, Va., in 1844, by Julia A. 

 Poole from cotton grown, picked, carded and spun by herself, was 

 presented by her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Hamilton, of Petersburg, Va. 



The Hardwick and Magee Co., of Philadelphia, contributed a series 

 of specimens demonstrating steps in the manufacture of Wilton rugs ; 

 and The Firth Carpet Co., of Firthcliffe, K Y., samples of seamless 

 Scotch chenille, Axminster and tapestry-Brussels rugs. To The 

 Standard Oil Cloth Co., Inc., of New York, acknowledgments are 

 due for a very complete exhibition of the materials and processes em- 

 ployed in the manufacture of oilcloth and for a large number of 

 specimens demonstrating its numerous uses. This collection includes 

 sketches and photographs illustrating the improved modern methods 

 of production in comparison with the hand methods formerly em- 

 ployed. 



The Department of Agi-iculture deposited a series of 80 samples 

 of raw cotton. No. 22 warp yarn, picker waste and card waste, show- 

 ing the relative amount of waste thrown out, under normal spinning 

 mill conditions, from each of the five standard full grades of raw 

 upland cotton. This material will be especially valuable as a graphic 

 demonstration of the foreign matter found in commercial raw cot- 

 ton, and when installed with the set of official cotton grades now in 

 the Museum will serve to point out one of the principal factors in 

 determining the grade. 



A large number of rolls or coils exhibiting the cutting and winding 

 of many different kinds of textile fabrics adapted for special pur- 

 poses were presented by the Cameron Machine Co., of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. They include such materials as surgeon's plaster, bandages, 

 absorbent cotton, insulating fabric for electric conduits, emery cloth, 

 bias bindings for shoe manufacture, gummed cloth, paper for box 

 making, etc. 



The already commanding position in the popular interest which 

 the National Museum has attained by reason of its possession of so 

 many of the very first beginnings of important inventions is con- 

 tinually being strengthened by the accession of original models and 

 the earliest machines used in important industries. A group of such 

 appliances, employed in the manufacture of embroideries, was pre- 

 sented last year by The Kursheedt Manufacturing Co., of New York, 

 through the public-spiritedness of its secretary and general manager, 

 Mr. Eichard Bloch, and it should be a source of pride to Americans 

 that these valuable improvements were conceived and perfected in 

 this country. The gift comprises the first working model of the 

 Groebli automat, which was the first embroidery Jacquard used in 

 America for operating the Schiffli embroidering machine; the earli- 

 est model of each of three successive improvements thereon; and 

 likewise the first punching machine used for perforating the paper 



