1. LATHING FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING A ROLLER, MEANS FOR FEEDING OVER THE SURFACE OF THE ROLLER A SHEET OF WIRE MESH FABRIC AND A SHEET OF PAPER FORMED WITH LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLITS THEREIN REGISTERING WITH CERTAIN OF THE WIRES OF THE FABRIC AND WITH THE PAPER AND FABRIC IN OVERLYING FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, MEANS FOR FEEDING OVER THE SURFACE OF THE ROLLER A SERIES OF RETAINING WIRES ON THE SIDE OF THE PAPER OPPOSITE TO THE FABRIC AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SLITS IN THE PAPER, A SERIES OF TWISTER HEADS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND TWIST TOGETHER THE RETAINING WIRES AND THOSE CERTAIN WIRES OF THE FABRIC, MEANS MOUNTING THE TWISTER HEADS FOR MOVEMENT IN A PATH ADJACENT TO THE PERIPHERY OF AND SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH THE ROLLER TO RECEIVE THE RETAINING WIRES AND SAID CERTAIN OF THE WIRES OF THE FABRIC AND TO PROJECT THROUGH THE SLITS IN THE PAPER, THE ROLLER SURFACE BEING FORMED WITH MEANS TO POSITION THE WIRES IN THE TWISTER HEADS, MEANS ON THE ROLLER TO FORM OFFSETS IN THE RETAINER WIRES IN REGISTRY WITH THE SLITS IN THE PAPER SHEET TO PROVIDE SLACK FOR TWISTING WITH THE FABRIC, MEANS DRIVING THE ROLLER AND TWISTER HEADS IN TIMED RELATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND MEANS OPERATED BY MOVEMENT OF THE MOUNTING MEANS IN SAID PATH TO STRIP THE TWISTED WIRES FROM THE TWISTER HEADS.