Summary: Summary: The "Handbook of Sericulture" by N.G. Mukerji provides detailed information on mulberry cultivation, rearing of silkworms, diseases affecting silkworms and mulberry plants, and commercial production of cocoons. The book emphasizes the importance of using a microscope for seed selection, maintaining proper rearing conditions, and avoiding diseases like pebrine and flacherie. It also discusses the potential profits and challenges in establishing a grainage for sericulture. The book suggests strategies for propagating mulberry trees, maintaining rearing rooms, and handling fly parasites and dermestes. The author highlights the need for training in sericulture practices to ensure successful cocoon production and stresses the benefits of exchange of seeds among grainages for improving silk production quality. The text encourages the establishment of organized grainages for silk production, drawing insights from successful models in Europe and emphasizing the potential for economic growth in the silk industry.