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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 2

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F.ir sora time pint r»ys Iron, • . ti n has been oh noted to a v ry interning product, consisting of ex r m*h ilun ao.i slender shavings f wood, which are comparab e t.<» caper cur. ?or packing. I» ia known fry the imm ,j of “ wood woo).” Phis product wna fist. i trod c d into France "S a packing n ae’itl, Ic weighs about 40 or 50 per cent ! ess then T ho miteiials generally used for such a pa - nose. lea beautiful appearance, i:a fi eness, and its extreme cieanoss, at once brought it into favor wi'h shippers. It was afterwards found that the material was well adapted for the manufacture of ma'trt-sses, for litter for cat lo for the filtration of liquids and fors-nff ng horse c liars eta., the most, suirab e pieces of vo>d bring selected for each of these purposes Is elasticity causes it to be considered the best material for beading after horsehair, and it is even preferable to any other substance when it is derived from resinous wood, sine a it does not then absorb moisture In workshops w od wool is tending to replace o >ttonw»ate for cleaning machinery, and it has likewise f. and tn apptic tmn on the rolling stock f railways hr lubricating car ax’es. While it has the s me property which cotton waste has of absorbing oil, it costs 'eu times less than that material. I s 083 a said to ha rap’dly growing in Austria and Germany, and also in France.