5C9 



4|3S5S3*^*asss 





s -.>*. -. 



silk-worm culture i 



ISSHlH^^^SHi 



carefully tended ; 500 of themTere 

 plant. After some time portion , of 

 France, Algiers, and the '\Veft 

 m^de in different climates, 

 suffices to give the worms 

 make shawls, aKTSb 

 with silk thus obUinecl. Early in 1855 

 at Malta declined and died off, 



dd 



d n the ^tor-oil 



ff! ? 6 " t . t ? Pie<lmon t- 



' ' *"? '' might be 

 castor-oil plant 



the 



, w nel1 '' dresses ' 



SJS5SSSs3=SB?sfflSS 



day, and still is, nothng 'more 

 expenment having no comme rc ia g vaU,e 



o,w;i aZCttaj^-Zl!?y&& article were 



MSffifSKBttffi H SSSftfiRS 



product: and PlinvWi 9-?\ l-~_ raw material wag still an oriental 



"uemwt, or an 



been found nearly equa to silk and 

 been made of it ; but KeUumur fo, nd th"t 

 needed to yield 1 lb of silk 



f Cater l )Ulaw 



^ Uave 

 of the insects were 



manner of silk; but the supply an f,{ be 



other than a curiosity. Very recently to 



MSMasMJSr rj 01 ;^ centuriM 



wa transferred to SicUy* i^ Z iSfS M 2t ^ untul 7 the ar * 

 and the manufacture of ^ * e 'i^'" 7 , ""I "f""*, of -ilk- 



' and 



of cocoons are reci uired to vi Id Mh^f" J'j 3 ^?, yai ' ds; and J - lli; - 

 impurities to Wgot rid o ? f About ^ ' k ~ so "^ " '" 

 produce 100 IDS. , i ,u? Ut , ! ' Ol . l . nce "k-w,.rm ,. KKS will 



r o 



produce 100 Ibs. of cocoons ; 16 

 sufficient for the production of 



the drawing off of the s filament 

 on.yin the countries where 



-/. op 



- 



IT 

 tig. 1. Reeling Apparatus (plan). 





Fig. 2 Reeling Apparato* (section). 



external soft envelo 

 ia wound close,y 



- 



insect is stifled. 



