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A very valuable collection of one hundred and seventeen specimens, illustrating the manufacture of worsted yarns used in the goods made by the Arlington Mills, and specimens of fine cotton yarns made at the same mills. This is a collection worthy of more than a passing notice. It was prepared with great care and judgement by the superintendent of the Mills, Mr. W.D. Hartshorn, for the purpose of showing the successive stages in the manufacture of yarns from wools of different grades.

Beginning with a certain grade of wool the process is followed from the greasy wool through the preparers combs, gill-boxes, etc. [[strikethrough]] showing before and after dyeing and colored tops [[/strikethrough]] and made into tops. The manufacture of colored top from the same grade of wool is likewise fully illustrated. Then the processes of carding are illustrated by samples of fine Australian wool in successive stages from greasy wool through the scorrer, cards, back,=washing, gill boxes, comb, and finishing gill-boxes. Then [[strikethrough]] various [[/strikethrough]] specimens of the top of various grades are shown, and the processes of reducing top to yarn [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] are illustrated by three distinct series of specimens representing three different grades of wool. Then follow numerous samples of yarns.