170 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



5. PREPARATION OF BAITS. 

 Bait-mills, knives, choppers, &c. (see, also, under B, 2 and 3). 



26011. Voss' improved bait-mill. (Patented January 17, 1876.) A. Voss, 

 Gloucester, Mass. 



Bait-tubs, rats, &c. 



II. MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE, FABRICS, FELTS, 

 AND STUFFINGS. 



6. PREPARATION OF WOOL AND HAIR OF MAMMALS. 

 Preparation of wool cloths* 



Washing. 



Shearing. 



Stapling or assorting. 



Scouring. 



Combing, carding, and plucking. 



Spinning and reeling. 



Weaving. 



Fulling and teazling. 



Cropping. 



Pressing. 







Weaving worsted eloths. 



Felting and the hat manufacture. 



Bowing. 

 Pressing. 

 Stopping. 

 Boiling off. 

 Shaping. 



Preparation of curled hair for stuffings. 



7. PREPARATION OF WHALEBONE. 

 Preparation of stuffings. 



8. PREPARATION OF FEATHERS. 



Preparation of down for stuffings. 

 Preparation of feather fabrics. 

 Preparation of "brillantine." 



