Information concerning JVooL 19 



Very little of it is so long as to render it difficult 

 to card. — That little may be chopt to make it cardc 

 The longest^ which will card, is best for point blankets. 

 It is repeated, that the chain or warp of blankets ought 

 not to be too hardly twisted ; and that the weft or fill- 

 ing cannot be too soft and loose, if it has only strength 

 or adherence enough to bear the operation of weaving. 



Kersey is usually made for the army, the navy, the 

 working people, and the frugal. It is equally durable, 

 compared with low priced broad cloths, as milled cas- 

 simere is, compared with the fine broad cloths. — 

 Cassimerc, called at first kerseymer was a mere hand- 

 some improvement on the kersey in England, about 40 

 or 45 years ago. 



The weight of good xvhite kersey, 27 inches wide 

 is from eleven ounces and one-half to twelve ounces 

 and one-half, or thirteen ounces per running yard. It 

 is always tweeled, and certainly owes a great part of its 

 strength to the tweeL It is made out of the coarsest 

 woolled breeds of sheep in England, after the long 

 xvoolfitfor combing and stuffs, is taken out of the hea- 

 vy fleeces. Hence the cost of good strong kerseys in 

 England, white and undyed, is as low as forty-five 

 shillings sterling for a piece, which is called thirty* 

 and will measure twenty-nine yards : that is eighteen 

 pence and three-fifths sterling, or about thirty-four 

 cents and one-half. This article, white kersey, makes 

 excellent military vests and overalls and is peculiarly 

 acceptable to armies. When dyed drab, blue, brown, 

 Sec. it is equally good for working people, seamen, 

 fishermen, he. It ought never to be forgotten, that the 

 specie price of the Lincolnshire, English, wool is about 



