Show silk in france daring the first half of the present century silk raising in france was quite prosperous in 1808 the production was it then increased steadily until 1849 when it was about kilos tu mulberry trees began to be attacked by a ravaging disease which dus troed many plantations and was merely the first of many reverses which have harassed and discouraged french silk growers since then the production has been subject to great fluctuations in the low water mark for the century was reached with an output of but kilous during the last ten years the annual production has been from to cor dry goods economist |