12 BULLETIN &90. 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. r 
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