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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



FOLDING FINISHED PRINT GOODS : LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS 



Here the cloth is folded in layers a yard long. Forty yards make a bolt, and this is cut off 

 and folded by hand. It is then ready for market. 



and a sharp knife scrapes off all except 

 that which is left in the little groove 

 etched for the part in the pattern. As 

 the roller comes into contact with the 

 cloth the color is transferred to its proper 

 place. 



From roller to roller the cloth passes, 

 until it has received its full assortment of 

 colors, each in its exact place, and with 

 the base color added last. 



The color must be dried in the cloth, so 

 it is passed over a series of steam-filled 



drums, then put into iron boxes filled 

 with live steam. 



But even now your handful of cotton 

 has not become your yard of calico. The 

 cloth must be washed and dried and 

 passed through boxes of hot starch. 



It is put into a tenter-frame and 

 stretched and dried. This frame is about 

 a hundred feet long, underlaid with 

 steam-pipes. On each side is an endless 

 chain having clips which grip the edges 

 and stretch the cloth to a uniform width. 



