Silk Culture in America
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A 1945 monograph by Walter Scott Roberts promoting sericulture (silk raising) as a farm and post-war industry in the United States, especially Texas. It covers the history of silk in China, Europe and early America, mulberry tree propagation and farming, and a step-by-step guide to hatching eggs, feeding and moulting silkworms, and cocoon spinning. It also covers reeling, the physical and chemical properties of silk fiber, a question-and-answer section, and statistical tables of raw silk in Japan and New York, with many photographs from Mineral Wells, Texas.
- Type
- Monograph
- Date
- 1945
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 113
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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