SILKWORM RAISING AS A POPULAR PURSUIT. 



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worms to move the head from one side 

 to the other in attaching their silken 

 filaments, can likewise be used. The 

 spinning- worms should be gently lifted 

 by the fingers and placed wherever 

 they are to spin their cocoons. 



COCOON GATHERING. 



The cocoons may be gathered eight 



F. A higher temperature would be like- 

 ly to burn the silk. This is one of the 

 ways in which the enclosed chrysa- 

 lides are killed when the cocoons are 

 to be used for silk production. 



EMERGENCE OF THE MOTHS. 



Cocoons which are set aside to await 

 the emergence of the moths may be 



FEEDING THE CATERPILLARS ON A CLOTHESHORSE. 

 An ordinary clotheshorse is here used by placing small racks upon each section. It 

 can be placed in any ordinary room while members of the family can go around on each 

 side of it during feeding time. 



days from the time the worms begin 

 spinning them. Those which are to be 

 saved, the moths not being permitted to 

 emerge, should be placed in clean pans 

 in an oven and left there for several 

 hours with a temperature of about 200° 



strung upon a strong sewing thread, 

 run through the side of the cocoon, 



great care 



being taken not to pierce 



the enclosed chrysalis with the needle. 

 They ma}' then be hung in some place 

 that is free from rats and mice, to await 



