Shoddy
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Short encyclopedia entry defining shoddy as reclaimed wool and cotton fibre made by picking rags, clippings and mill waste into fibre for respinning with new wool. It distinguishes shoddy, mungo and wool extract, mentions flocks, and gives 1909 U.S. Census figures for the American shoddy industry.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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