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Cloth measuring and folding machine. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20402.

Open-width dryers and cloth rolls. The white cloth is the "leader" for threading the cloth to be processed through the machine. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20403.

Rope (wet) scouring of cloth. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20404.

Frame at extreme left supports jackspools of yarn. Yarns then go to the back reed where other special yarns are added, pass over two rolls, through a lease reed, through a reducing reed, then onto the sectin reel where the warp is made up. This would then be rewound onto a loom beam (on the further side of the section reel). U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20405.

Note: Traps in left mill (upper section) where friction is applied to "rope" of cloth creating the heat which along with the fulling soap results in felting action. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20406.

Feed side. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20407.

Napper raising surface fibers by action of pins. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20408.

Two yarns are wound from spinning bobbins through a tension devise and slub catcher, upward to the gathering rol, then down to the traversing yarn guide onto the tube. He two ends are wound as one. Tubes are fed to twisting where a 2-ply yarn is produced or may be fed to warper. The machine is a Foster #57 Doubler Winder. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20409.

Bobbins form spinning or twisting are placed on stationary spindles (to left of bin: see mid-machine) and yarn passes upward through a tension device and slub catcher t traversing yarn guide, then into cone which is rotated by the rum. The machine is a Folster Cone Winder. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20410.

Multiple-wound tubes are creeled behind the warper. Many ends are drawn from all the tubes to form a sheet of yans which is wound onto the warp beam. The beam may be used to feed a twister or a slasher. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20411.