Improvement And Popularization Of Silkworm By Chinese Agricultural Society (1917-1937)

The Chinese Agricultural Society was a far-reaching and well-known agricultural group during the Republic of China,and it played an important role in the development of modern agricultural undertakings.China has always been a big silkworm country.The development of silkworm has a long history.It has spread all over the country and has occupied an important position in economic life.Since entering the Republic of China,due to backward production technology and competition in international trade,coupled with pests and diseases Frequent and successive years of war,the development of the sericulture industry has been difficult,which has seriously affected the production and life of the peasants.The Chinese Agricultural Society is produced under such a background.After the establishment of the Chinese Agricultural Society,it will promote the development of agriculture as an important task,and pay special attention to the improvement and promotion of silkworm technology.The traditional mulberry farmers have original methods of operation on the mulberry sericulture and are backward in technology.The Chinese Agricultural Society first devoted itself to the improvement of silkworm technology.In the aspects of pest control,seed selection and sericulture techniques of silkworm,the Society has put forward very practical methods and techniques.Learn to adopt scientific methods of prevention and treatment based on the performance and pathogens of pests and diseases.Seedling selection is to select high quality silkworm eggs and mulberry leaves to improve the yield and quality of silkworm pupa.The sericulture technique is mainly focused on adopting scientific methods,which are raised in time and in the ground.The Chinese Agricultural Society mainly promotes silkworm technology through extensive publicity,training of talents,establishment of silkworm farms and application of rewarding new technologies.Learn to use the publication to publish a special issue of silk and sericulture,and write some songs for publicity.The Society also advocated the establishment of a school of agronomy majors such as the Silkworm Department of Jinling University,the Agricultural Science Department of Southeast University,and the Second Agricultural School of Jiangsu,and established scholarships and international students to train silkworm talents.The Society has also established a silkworm farm to train talents and cultivate high quality silkworm eggs.In addition,it is also recommended to promote the application of new technologies through material rewards.The Chinese Agricultural Society's process of improving and promoting silkworm technology is not only a reflection of agricultural development,but also an embodiment of agricultural modernization.Through the efforts of the China Agricultural Society,the majority of silkworm farmers gradually changed the traditional production methods and methods,actively adopted the scientific method of mulberry mulberry cultivation,increased the yield and quality of silkworm pupa,increased the income of farmers,and later became the sericulture business.The development has laid a solid foundation and has certain reference significance for the development of agriculture today.