82 COMPLETE INSTRUCTION IN 



40,000 silkworms, and these will spin 175 to 200 

 pounds of dry cocoons. Ten to twelve pounds of 

 these cocoons will, when fresh, give off one pound 

 of silk. When dry, it will require 2 to 3| pounds. 

 So we see from an absolute knowledge of facts, 

 that instead of one ounce of silk-eggs yielding 

 but one pound of silk, they will give sixteen to 

 twenty-two pounds. 



It seems a pity that such erroneous statements 

 should find place in books that are read by the 

 young, as they give false ideas of the great possi- 

 bilities of our great and growing industries. 



Note 9. 



On the authority of Mr. Frank Cheney, presi- 

 dent of the Silk Manufacturers' Association of 

 the United States, I give the following state- 

 ment: "One pound of reeled silk will make 

 from five to fifty yards of silk goods." (jpee_&e- 

 vlsion of the Tajjff, for A.J^189Q,j^e_6Q6. ) 



The fifty yards would, of course, be very light 

 gauzes; the five yards would be the heaviest 

 drapery. Ten to twelve yards of gros-grain can 

 be made from one pound, so that it is safe to 

 state that a very good silk dress can be made 

 from one pound of reeled silk. 



Note 10. 



History of Product of One Miller in 1895 

 (June). One miller laid more than four hun- 



