Show Long fibre cf Silkworm Authorities and popular works differ dif-fer greatly In their estimates of the length of the fibre In tho cocoon of the domestic silkworm Bombyx morl Published statements of the length of this fibre could be cited which range all the way from 1100 feet to eleven miles Even so good an authority as tho Encyclopaedia Britannica places It at 300 yards Recent measurements measure-ments made In the division of entomology ento-mology show that with certain Milan ese yellow cocoons raised In the United Unit-ed States from eggs purchased from France the fibre varies In length from 488 to 1195 yardsForest anti Stream |