Question

wing in brief.
1. Define sericulture.
2. Why are sheep shaved in summer?
3. Why is shearing not painful for sheep?
4. How does the silkworm produced silk?



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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Sericulture or silk farming is the rearing of silkworms for production of raw silk.

2. Sheeps can't survive in cold weather without its hair but sheeps can survive in hot weather without hair.

3.Shearing is not painful for sheeps because uppermost layer of skin is dead.

4. silkworms spew out thread from tiny holes in their jaws whoch they use to spin into their egg‐bearing cocoons. This take 72 hours abd during this time they produce 500‐1200 silken threads.

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