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After the fleeces are graded, the mohair is ready to 

 be sent to the mill proper for scouring and spinning. 



SCOURING. 



To-day the process of washing or scouring the 

 fleece is done by machinery. The mohair is fed into 

 a machine in which revolve paddles, which thoroughly 

 mix the fiber with the liquid in this machine. At 

 the opposite end from where it was fed in, the 

 mohair is rolled out over warm rollers, and it is ready 

 to be spun. It is claimed, and with some justice, 

 that American mohair loses or shrinks about 12% to 

 20% while passing through this washing machine, 

 and that Turkish mohair only shrinks about 13%. 

 This may be due to the fact that some of the Turkish 

 hair had been washed before it was shipped to mar- 

 ket, and that by previous sorting some of the dirt had 

 fallen out of the mohair. Then, too, some of the 

 American growers are not very careful to keep the 

 fleeces clean. Straw, sticks, hats, and even stones 

 have been found in some domestic stuff. 



MIXING. 



After the mohair is thoroughly cleaned it is 

 ready for spinning or carding. In order to spin the 

 fibers most economically, evenly and to the best ad- 

 vantage, some of the mills mix different qualities of 

 mohair of about the same fineness. For instance, 

 Turkish mohair is mixed with Texas and California 



