Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat. It has been used...
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fluctuations in prices for wool, of which Australia continues to be a major producer. The objective was for the AWC to buy wool when its price was below...
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Worsted (redirect from Worsted wool)
which the fibres lie parallel. Roving and wool top are often used to spin worsted yarn. Many hand spinners buy their fibre in roving or top form. Top and...
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A wool-stapler is a dealer in wool. The wool-stapler buys wool from the producer, sorts and grades it, and sells it on to manufacturers. Some wool-staplers...
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Benetton for buying wool from farmers who practiced mulesing. Benetton has since agreed to buy nonmulesed wool and has further urged the wool industry to...
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Murray Roberts & Co (section Wool)
had begun buying wool on commission for North American importers and supplying from their own pastoral properties. New Zealand prices for wool were so low...
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financially by becoming a wealthy wool merchant (by, as described in the book, the hitherto unheard-of act of buying wool from the farmers on their farms...
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Koerner, Brendan (2008-01-29). "If I want to help the environment, should I buy wool or cotton?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-11. Liu, Jianli; Liang,...
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Weights and Measures Acts (UK) (redirect from Wool Act 1357)
"Every City and Borough shall have a common Balance and Weight. Who may buy Wool and Yarn." 18 Hen. 6. c. 16 (1439) 18 Hen. 6. c. 17 (1439) Vessels of Wine...
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Woollen industry in Wales (redirect from Wool industry of Wales)
at large, are those manufactured of wool. ... In Anglesey, the inhabitants buy quantities of the Snowdon coarse wool, at the fairs of Caernarvon, and Bangor;...
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