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A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Tree, with Suitable Directions for the Culture of Silk.
Cobb, Jonathan H., Illustrated by 2 hand-tinted engravings; 1 mechanical drawing
Published by Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co. 1833, 1833
- Hardcover
Seller: Bluestocking Books, Sandwich, MA, U.S.A.Bluestocking Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. G; internally tight & clean/w/o dj;covers worn. 2nd Edition. 98 pp. 12vo. Instructions for the propogation & cultivation of the Chinese mulberry tree, rearing of silkworms, and manufacture of silk in Massachusetts. Manual developed at the direction of Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1831 to spur the agricul…tural & economic development and to reduce the amount of imported silk.Includes suggestions for introducing silkworm rearing in the classrooms. A little gem.