PRODUCING SILK
It takes 110 cocoons to make a tie, 630 to make a blouse. A heavy silk kimono might equal the ...
It takes 110 cocoons to make a tie, 630 to make a blouse. A heavy silk kimono might equal the work of 3,000 silkworms, and they will have eaten 135 pounds of mulberry leaves. — Nina Hyde, writer, National Geographic magazine
11/21/16