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Show uv Monstt tiAin. j f "2 I rMT..a or lrrallii( II fir KluRIni J! Tho horse hair used In upholstery Is & ?ij obtained from tho manes and tails ol " horaea, the latter In the morn vUi.uaaejMHj0MM Ity Tho hair combed from tho tails V Ml I deslgnateil "hard," that from tha SJB manes soft." whllo tho hair I urthci .jBi distinguished by the term ' llvo" and fRKW dead " according as It has been taken ST from tho animal before or after death WSt'i "Uvo hair commands tho hlghist ' r ' price. Whlto I the most valuablo I kind as regards rulor, as It I siillablo I for dying bright tints, end tho best hair Is obtained from wild home. Horsehair undergoes threo sorting j vlx Into sort according to length Into different colors nnd Into various qualltletd. After this the hair Is washed In warm aoap bath and In water slightly heated to which llmo or potash pot-ash ha been added Tho hair, except tho whlto sort, which Is to be bleached, , la after cleaning passed through a dye bath. In which logwood la tho chief Ingredient Short hair being used for tuning In upholstery work, and long hair chiefly for tbo manufacture of , haircloth, the two kinds, after tho , ' abovo treatment, undergo different . processes Short horo hair, although best for tbo purpose when use! nlono, t Is nevertheless mixed with cow und pig hnlr tor (tumng chair sofa and the like Different blend of tbeso are made and the threo kind thoroughly Incorporate I by aultablo machines, after which Ilia mixture 1 biaten and screened to free It from dust Ihon i follow tho ' curling process, by which j tho hair I first spun Into ropes, which I are next twisted Into much nhortei lengths and by n thfrd operation further fur-ther twisted until they get Into con- I toluto shape The curl tin1 a given re- quire to bo fixed by placing tho hair In cold water for several hour, and afterward In an oven where It Is kept for some tlmo nt a considerable tern peraturc This hiking also destroy tho egg uf ohnoxlou Insect 1'or use In stulflng chain etc the hair require re-quire tu bo teased out |
