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[GTman1]

I think we can all agree that there are discrepancies all over the internet about how much silk can be produced from an acre of mulberry fields.

it makes sense considering there are different methods to cultivation the land. Some farmers seem to grow full mature trees, while some seem to harvest saplings.

It could be that some farmers use "hi-tech" methods like the hybrid mulberry strains that sickzone presented. Or maybe some silkworm farmers use a much larger silkworm. Could be many reasons. Who the hell knows?

[EMPATHY]

One acre of mulberry trees produces enough foliage to feed silkworms that create 178 pounds of cocoons which can be unraveled into 35 pounds of raw silk.

but...

Generally, one cocoon produces between 1,000 and 2,000 feet of silk filament

Why so specific in the first and not in the second.

So either it's double what it could be or half?

Doesn't add up.

gl longs