Wool, the World's Comforter

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Excerpt from Wool, the World's Comforter: A Survey of the Wool Industry From the Raw Material to the Finished Product, Including Descriptions of Manufacturing and Marketing Methods and Dictionary of Wool FabricsT is safe to say that, while wool is the oldest of all our textiles, the public knows less about it than about silk, cotton or linen.Folks realize in a general way that woolen fibers come from the backs of sheep, yet they have little or no conception of the vast difference that exists between wool as it comes from sheep in various parts of the world, for example.Most people think that wool suits or hats or socks are all alike, whereas there is Often a very tremendous difference in those articles that may appear exactly alike. One may be of virgin wool and the other of wool that has been worked over many, many times.Wool is the one textile for which no substitute has been found. We have fibre silk and materials made of various fibres that answer the purpose of cotton or linen, but NO material has been discovered that will take the place of wool.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.