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Scientific American, Vol. 27, No. 7 (August 1872) (1872)

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n styled, with much justice, "the Amer- tion, we should never forget, what is now, we believe, gener- ican silkworm " by Mr. L. Trouvelot, of Msdford, Mass. That ally admitted, that the larger the boiler, the more economi- gentleman made a series of very interesting experiments in cally will it… … no doubt, on the food of the larva. Specimens occur THE POLYPHEMUS SILKWORM. below the surface; also that the practice of cutting them rearing the worm in large quantities in the open air, and in which have the general tint either very dark or very pale ; above the surface was an utter waste of…

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