Show Long Fibre cf Silkworm Authorities and popular works differ dif-fer greatly in their estimates of the length of the fibre In the cocoon of the domestic silkworm Bombyx morl Published statements of the length of this fibre could bo cited which rango all the way from 1100 feet to eleven miles Even so good an authority as the Encyclopaedia Brltannlca places it at 300 yards Recent measurements measure-ments made in the division of entomology ento-mology show that with certain Milanese Milan-ese yellow cocoons raised In the United Unit-ed States from eggs purchased from France the fibre varies in length from 888 to 1195 yards Forest and Stream |