Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . ers than the female, is smaller in size, and quite female lays half her eggs, rests a few hours, and thenlays the remainder. Her two or three days life is spentwithin a space occupying less than six inches in diameter. One moth lays from three to four hundred eggs, depos-iting them over an even surface. In some species agummy liquid sticks the eggs to the object upon whichthey are laid. In the large cocoon varieties there are fullthirty thousand eggs in a single ounce avoirdupois. Ittakes from twenty-five hundred to three thousand cocoon
Silk; its origin, culture, and manufacture; . ers than the female, is smaller in size, and quite female lays half her eggs, rests a few hours, and thenlays the remainder. Her two or three days life is spentwithin a space occupying less than six inches in diameter. One moth lays from three to four hundred eggs, depos-iting them over an even surface. In some species agummy liquid sticks the eggs to the object upon whichthey are laid. In the large cocoon varieties there are fullthirty thousand eggs in a single ounce avoirdupois. Ittakes from twenty-five hundred to three thousand cocoons. A Bale of Raw Silk and the Books it Contains. to make a pound of reeled silk. Do you wonder that,centuries ago, silk was valued at its weight in gold ? Growers of silk in the United States, by working earlyand late every day during the season, which lasts from sixto eight weeks, could scarcely average fifteen cents for adays labor of ten hours. Silk, once regarded as a luxury,is now considered a necessity, and no one concern has donemore to make this possible than the Corticelli Silk fact, Corticelli Silk holds the worlds record for superi-ority, having won 40 Highest Awards at Expositions heldin the United States and abroad. 25
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