34 PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 



stuff, or Oregon is mixed with Iowa material. The 

 spinning qualities of mohair from different sections 

 varies, and this mixing tends to give uniformity. 

 After the fibers have been mixed to suit, the mohair 

 is run through straightening machines in prepara- 

 tion for the combing process. 



FIRST OR NOBLE COMB. 



This comb is so arranged that about two and a 

 half inches of the base of all of the mohair fibers, 

 and any other fibers which may be mixed with them, 

 are held, the ends of the fibers which are longer than 

 two and a half inches, hang freely and are caught in 

 a revolving machine and dragged loose from the 

 combs which hold the base of the fiber. Thus only 

 those fibers two and a half inches long, or less, are 

 left in the first comb. The longer fibers, or tops as 

 they are now called, to distinguish them from the 

 noil, or short fibers, are collected and are again 

 passed through a second comb. 



SECOND OR LISTER COMB. 



Much the same process as was gone through with 

 in the Noble comb, is repeated, except that now 

 only the Noble top is combed, and as all of the fibers, 

 less than two and a half inches, have been removed 

 from this mohair, the comb is set so that any fibers 

 shorter than four or five inches, shall be held as noil, 

 and only those fibers which are longer than four or five 



