When The Silk Culturist manual was published in 1839, the silk industry in New England was at its height. This manual offered information and advice to a national audience on gowing mulberry trees and raising silkworms. The New England industry was doomed however, and by 1844, it had failed due to a series of severely cold winters followed by a blight that killed most of the mulberry trees.
Comstock, F. G. “The Silk Culturist.” Secretary of Hartford Cty Silk Society, 1839. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-066/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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