What's the use of sericulture?

The role of sericulture lies in silk, which is one of the main textile raw materials. China was the first country to use silk. In ancient history, there are legends of Fuxi's "silkworm rearing" and Leizu's "teaching people to raise silkworms", that is, the earliest people who raised silkworms.

Archaeology in the Neolithic Age shows that before 2750 BC, the ancestors of Qianshanyang in Xing Wu, Zhejiang Province had woven silk sheets, ribbons and silk threads with silk. In the 3rd century BC/KLOC-0, names such as mulberry, silkworm, silk and silk were found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Silk, together with hemp, ramie and later cotton, is the main clothing raw material for China people, and sericulture has become an important part of China's agricultural structure.

Matters needing attention in sericulture:

1, the ant silkworm is very small and its body is dark. When feeding mulberry leaves, it is best to choose soft mulberry leaves, and at the same time, it is best to cut them short with scissors to make them convenient for ants to eat.

2. When the ant silkworm grows up a little, the mulberry leaves don't need to be cut, mainly young leaves, which are convenient for silkworm babies to eat. They are now slightly white. Because mulberry leaves are tender and dry faster, we should pay attention to adding leaves in time.

3, the silkworm baby eats fiercely, grows fast, and the appetite is easy to molt. Silkworm babies don't move much, and then they start molting. Don't think it is morbid.

4. After molting for the fourth time, the silkworm baby's body is already relatively transparent and ready to enter the spinning state. In about five days, you can harvest cocoons.

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