Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868, Gardner, Walter Myers 1862- [from old catalog], Snow, R. [from old catalog], Cook, William H. [from old catalog], Bradbury, Fred. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 311
an silks are largely used for weaving in the gum (singlethread), and the finer sizes of Brutian and Persian silksdoubled two or three fold make an excellent weft whentwisted heavily for the manufacture of crepe de chine. Kashmir Silk is comparatively a new production. In1897 it was non-existent.… … SILK THKOWING AND SPINNING 293 190,736 lbs., and year by year promises a like progressiveincrease; the silkworm eggs are distributed to 15,784village householders, and, reckoning an average of fourpersons to each family, it will be seen that some 60,000 to70,000 persons, young and old, are engaged…
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