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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...than six to the stalk. The cotton is rather dingy in color and of very short staple. They never use a plow in its cultivation, and when preparing the soil turn it up with wooden plows, the pattern of which is as old, I presume, as the days of Confucius. The experiment of using American seed has been tried, I am informed, but without much better results than in the case of their own seed, but the reason of this can be readily accounted for in their system of planting and cultivation. They gin their cotton on a gin worked by a pedal, which, while very crude, yet seems to pound the lint ofT the seed pretty well. An American hand gin ought to take well, and some of our ingenious mechanics should invent one that would answer the purpose. The gin above referred to works on the principle of a clothes-wringer, with the exception that the rollers are made to revolve in opposite directions. The cotton is wound through and the seeds squeezed out as they meet the pressure caused by the rollers. SILK. The following return of the exportation of silk from Shanghai are for the year ending December 31, 1886: (of 33- pounds). Raw 44-962 37,381.26 Yellow 7,208 8,165. $4yi Re-reeled 45 45.42 Reeled from dupions 52 47-5' Raw, wild 8,621 8,625.04 Waste 10,234 34.375-29 Cocoons 1,489 3.4I9-32 The silk industry also affords occupation for women, and as their mode of living does not require much time in the preparation of food the work done by' them is an important feature in Chinese economy. It perhaps counterbalances the wasteful habits of their opium-smoking husbands and fathers. The succes% obtained by the Chinese in the silk industry is due to the careful exactness with which they manipulate the silk-worm. This delicate insect requires the greatest care and skill, an...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130453348
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 268
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130453340
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 485 gr


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