Abstract
During the past few years interest has been shown by worsted manufacturers and top makers in a quick, accurate, and convenient method of judging the fineness, staple and strength of a wool top. Many methods have been proposed to determine these important attributes of wool top quality. The methods differ widely as to their practicability, ease of making determinations, and agreement with the results of top appraisers.
The scope of the present series of reports will be to discuss the various methods, their advantages and disadvantages as well as their adaptability to commercial practice. This investigation will be divided into four general classifications:
(a) Fineness
(b) Staple
(c) Strength
(d) Top Standards
The first three reports of this series will deal with methods for the determination of the attributes of fineness, staple and strength, that have been found to be most reliable in commercial practice. The last of this series will deal with the setting up of a series of top standards for commercial use.
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