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National Geographic : 1950 May
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- Silkworms from These Eggs Will Make Enough Silk for Seven Kimonos Against the rich green of mulberry bushes, an employee of the Miyagi Sericulture Ex perimental Station at Watari, near Sendai, displays some of the millions of eggs hatched here in rooms kept at a con stant temperature of 78°F. by wood or charcoal fires. Devouring mulberry leaves spread on bamboo trays, the worms grow rapidly, then weave the cocoons which are unreeled to form silk, long one of Japan's most important products. Competition from nylon and rayon is stiff, but the Japanese silk industry is trying hard to regain foreign markets. At such experimental sta tions, scientists cross-breed silkworms to develop better producers, improve their food plants, and educate farmers in ways of controlling disease and increasing production. To a Japanese Girl Azalea Plant Is as Dear as Dog to American Boy This exhibit of home-grown plants, lovingly tended for years, was held in Tokyo's Hibiya Park. Azaleas bloom in late April and early May, white, pink, red, and violet. © National Geographic Society Kodachromes by J. Baylor Roberts
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