Australia sees record wool use in 1956 57 year
Australia boosted wool consumption to a record 67 billion pounds clean weight in 1956 57, with 151 textile mills making it the fifth largest wool buyer. UK Japan France Italy and Australia lead global demand as world consumption rose 9 percent to 2853 million pounds in 1956, while the United States declined 1 percent.
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Australia
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Italy
Commonwealth Economic Committee
The
Bureau
West Germany
Belgium
United States
Australia Grows 1500 Types Of Wool By Quality And Length
A detailed look at how Australian wool is graded by quality, soundness, length, condition, colour and style. It explains fineness via Bradford counts, lustre, bloom, and elasticity, plus factors affecting tender wool and how length decides woollen versus worsted processing.
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Australia
Waal
Bradford
Lincoln
Merino Wool Fibers Rival Steel In Strength Tests
Researchers compare merino wool fibers to steel in strength tests and elasticity. The fibers show remarkable toughness, with wool strands potentially reaching up to 11 times their length and hundreds of thousands of fibers per merino inch, highlighting the material’s surprising durability.
Woolen Wear Set To Wear Itself Clean
Drip-dry wool developments from CSIRO Geelong signal a shift to wash and wear wool textiles. General Silicones Ltd. plans to market wool suits in Australia soon after a new crease fixing process and mothproofing advances. Peter Field notes silicone spray can make wool garments rain resistant.
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CSIRO
Isi
Geelong
Hasta
Peter Field
General Silicones Ltd
Australia
Field
Early Arctic Garments Through the Stone Age
The record describes 10 000 B C winter wear with sheepskin and wool against skis for warmth. It notes wool garments evolved from wool cloth and bone needles imply finely spun wool by archaeologists before 10 000 B C in northern Europe.
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Europe
Love Token Prominent in Sussex Engagement Yarn
A fragment recalls a Sussex tale of a young man and his sweetheart who knitted him a wool yellover jacket as a love token symbolizing their engagement, a relic of village romance from years past.
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Sussex
England
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Australian Wool Bureau
English Leicester
Romney Marsh
John Macarthur-Onslow
J.b's
Civic Centre
Kingston - Queanbeyan
Georges
Janleine
Jersey
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