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The book elaborates on the whole process and the steps of cultivating silkworms for producing good quality silk. it describes the morphology, anatomy and the embryology of the Bombyx and mori silkworm, the most widely used variety of species, and explains all the procedures from the production of silkworm egg to the reeling of silk from the cocoon. it details the necessary climatic conditions, testing of eggs and their incubations the environment in which these ...
This book traces the history and development of sericulture to the present times, when it has become an important industry for countries like India and China, and offers a great perspective on the industry's evolution. It also describes the sericultural process in some detail and looks at the present state of the industry. Besides providing various statistical figures, it contains many industrial facts crucial to the knowledge of the sericulture farmer. it looks ...
Reeling of silk is a delicate art, and as such must be handled carefully. The silk filaments being extremely fine, we unfortunately cannot reel the strands straight from silkworms, as from spiders. Hence, the reeling of a single fiber of silk uses upto five or ten cocoons, and involves a complicated process by machine in a factory called a filature. The reeled yarn is termed raw silk. The silk reeling industry covers a wide range of activities included in ...