SALADS FOR SILKWORMS.
Ie 3, l " Early last year the Germans gave out that they had found a means of raising f silkworms on parsnip leaves, and a comi pany was at once formed to work the experiment. g Two French engineers determined to try it also. Feeding the worms on par"u snip leaves and salads, they succeeding e quite early in breeding some excellent,B looking specimens. When the worms e started spinning, though, it was disj covered that they did not give a proper j silk," but a mixture of silk and cotton d that, would make up into very poor quality stuff indeed. r The Germans have probably been simi;B larly disappointed, although it is posn sible thaLsorae' chemical treatment might 0 inake the product serviceable ia 'some " Way or bther, ) ■ ' . i . V.i-V- ---■ 1 o : ..." ; i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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138SALADS FOR SILKWORMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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