12 BULLETIN 990, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Good Middling Blue Stained and Middling Blue Stained can 

 be bleached satisfactorily for dyeing dark shades only. 



The single-strand tests show that the bleaching and dyeing proc- 

 esses do not materially affect the strength of the yarn, as shown by 

 the average of all tests : Gray, 10.73 ounces ; bleached, 11.05 ounces ; 

 pink, 10.83 ounces ; blue, 10.60 ounces. 



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