October. 1911. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



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FiGL'RK i. 



Tile walk in which the horsehair for stuffing purposes is twisted into ropes 



first of all with those of ordinary length, which 

 arc to be prepared for stuffing furniture, and no 

 one who has not seen the process would imagine 

 how elaborate this is. 



The hair is first sorted over suction screens (see 

 Figure 1), which draw out the dust and carry it 



away. Colour forms the first basis of classification, 

 black, white and grey hair being distinguished, and 

 after this the hair is divided up according to its 

 various lengths and its quality. That w hich is to 

 appear black is dyed in log-wood, washed and dried, 

 and then, as is shown in Figure 2, the various hairs 



Figure 4. 

 The careful untwisting of the rope after steaming and drying. 



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Figure 5. 

 the untwisted horsehair from the ropes. 



