CH. Xl] 



Shoddy 



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(C) Waste Products from Manufactories 

 AND Towns 



Slioddy 



Shoddy is the waste material turned out from the 

 Yorkshire mills which tear up old cloth and woollen 

 rags and make them into new cloth ; it consists of the 

 fragments that are too small to be picked up by the 

 machine. Three groups may be distinguished. The high 

 grade contains 12 to 14 per cent, of nitrogen, it is pure 

 and free from cotton or dirt, but is largely purchased for 

 the manufacture of compound or patent manures. 



Table XVII. Effect of shoddy on crops. Rothanisted, 

 Little Hoosfield. Total produce per acre (un- 

 manured = 100) 



