[Advertisement 1: David Bridge & Co., LTD.] [Advertisement 2: Chas. Parker, Sons & Co.] [Advertisement 3: Fairbairn, Lawson Combe Barbour, LTD.] [Advertisement 4: Robert Hall & Sons] [Advertisement 5: A. F. Craig & Co., LTD.] [Advertisement 6: Urquhart, Lindsay & Co., LTD.] [Advertisement 7: H. Smethurst & Sons, LTD.] [Advertisement 8: White, Milne & Co.] [Advertisement 9: Thomas C. Keay, LTD.] [Advertisement 10: Robert Stiven & Co.] THE JUTE INDUSTRY [Advertisement 11: Pitman's Commodities and Industries Series (Book List)] PITMAN'S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES SERIES THE JUTE INDUSTRY FROM SEED TO FINISHED CLOTH BY T. WOODHOUSE HEAD OF THE WEAVING AND DESIGNING DEPARTMENT, DUNDEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART FORMERLY MANAGER MESSRS. WALTON & CO., LINEN MANUFACTURERS, BLEACHERS AND FINISHERS, KNARESBOROUGH. AUTHOR OF "THE FINISHING OF JUTE AND LINEN FABRICS," "HEALDS AND REEDS FOR WEAVING: SETTS AND PORTERS," JOINT AUTHOR OF "JUTE AND LINEN WEAVING MECHANISM," "TEXTILE DESIGN: PURE AND APPLIED," "JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING," "CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES," "TEXTILE MATHEMATICS," "TEXTILE DRAWING," ETC., AND P. KILGOUR HEAD OF THE SPINNING DEPARTMENT, DUNDEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART FORMERLY MANAGER BELFAST ROPE WORKS. JOINT AUTHOR OF "JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING," "CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES," ETC. 1921 [Advertisement 12: George Hattersley & Sons, LTD.,] PREFACE The sub-title of this little volume indicates that practically all the processes involved in the cultivation of jute plants, the extraction of the fibre, and the transformation of the fibre into useful commodities, have been considered. In addition, every important branch of this wide industry is liberally illustrated, and the description, although not severely technical, is sufficiently so to enable students, or those with no previous knowledge of the subject, to follow the operations intelligently, and to become more or less acquainted with the general routine of jute manufacture. As a matter of fact, the work forms a medium of study for textile students, and a suitable introduction to the more detailed literature by the authors on these textile subjects. T. WOODHOUSE. P. KILGOUR. March, 1921. [Advertisement 13: J. M. Adam & Co.] CONTENTS CHAP. PREFACE I. INTRODUCTORY II. CULTIVATION III. RETTING IV. ASSORTING AND BALING JUTE FIBRE. V. MILL OPERATIONS VI. BATCHING VII. CARDING VIII. DRAWING AND DRAWING FRAMES IX. THE ROVING FRAME X. SPINNING XI. TWISTING AND REELING. XII. WINDING: ROLLS AND COPS XIII. WARPING, BEAMING AND DRESSING. XIV. TYING-ON, DRAWING-IN AND WEAVING XV. FINISHING INDEX [Advertisement 14: James F. Low & Co., LTD.] ILLUSTRATIONS