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.