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is by each household raising a few pounds of cocoons that silk-culture 
must, in the end, be carried on in this as it has always been in other 
countries.” 
The reader is reminded that the few quotations not otherwise credited 
are from the author’s Fourth Report on the Insects of Missouri (1871). 
A number of foreign (more particularly French) terms are unavoidable 
in treating of silk-culture, as they have no actual equivalents in our 
language. These and the few technical terms used in the manual are 
made clear in the glossary. 
Finally, I take pleasure in acknowledging the assistance given me in 
the preparation of this new edition by Mr. Philip Walker, who has acted 
as the chief agent of the division in the sericultural work during the 
past two years. 
OAD eae ot 
WASHINGTON, D. C., May, 1886. 
