Turner, Annabell · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 80
Bombyx mori, or mulberry silkwormwhich feeds (as the name implies) upon leavesof the mulberry tree. There are other varietiesof silkworm which cannot be cultivated; theseare called wild silkworms. They produce aninferior grade of silk called ^Hussah. Fromthis wild silk is manufactured the pongee… … Silkworm Culture to be exercised in regard to temperature, quiet,and food. After the moth lays the eggs they arecollected and kept cool until time for incubation,which process takes place in heated compart-ments where the temperature is carefully regu-lated. The period of incubation lasts…
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