Silk Culture
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A dictionary entry on silk culture (sericulture) from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It outlines the life cycle of the silkworm Bombyx mori, climate and feeding with mulberry and other leaves, killing the chrysalis by baking, and the history of silk raising in the United States. It ends with the French classification of cocoons into nine qualities and refers readers to the entries on silk-reel and silk-manufacture.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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