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arranged to receive the ounce of silkworms in regular order, asliaii alsc 



been before explained. By this method, each person would receive 



worms hatched nearly the same hour, perfectly equal. When all the silk 



worms are hatched, they should be divided into ounces, as nearly as pos» 



sible, and put upon the sheets of paper. The earliest should be 



given to those cultivators whose mulberry trees are most advanced. 



Should the hatching continue three days upon this plan, it would make 



no difficulty, as different persons would take the worms of various ao-es 



and thus each would have the silkworms of one period. It is a g?eat 



error to imagine that it can be advantageous to give a person silkworms 



of various days hatching, to make up the quantity he is to receive and 



rear; because those of the first day's production are stronger than those 



of the second day, or of the third and fourth days. We repeat it the 



essential point is t9 have the worms as nearly equal as we can brina 



them,. » 



CHAPTER YII. 



9F THE SMALL APARTMENT TO WHICH THE NEW HATCHED WORM-. 

 SHOULD BE REMOVED, AND OF THEIR REMOVAL. 



We shall, in this chapter, treat of the following subjects : 



T. Of the apartment destined to receive the new hatched silkworms 



II. 01 moving the silkwarms directly after they are hatched. 



L Of the Laboratory ckstined to reeeive Vhe silkworrns newly hatched. 



This small habitation is to contain the silkworm until its third cast 

 ing of skin, or moulting. * The room should be in exact proportion ta 

 ihe number ot silkworms, and calculated for facilitating the attendance 

 upon them. Thus proportioned, it will be economical, as there will 

 not be that quantity of fuel used, which it would take to warm either 

 one very large room or several small ones. 



The worms proceeding from an ounce of eggs, require, until the first 

 jnoulting ol the skin, a space of about seven feet ten inches square 



Until the second moulting, a space of about fifteen feet fou- inches 

 square. "" 



Until the third moulting, a space of thirty-five feet square. 



• In explaiiung tlie use of the smaU laboratory, it will be shown how much more eco 

 nomical it is, than apartments either too large or too smaU. However, othei^must bl 

 gUHled by then-own convenience, in making use of those rooms they find suitable And 



S;^ed It'" X^t T '^tr"''"' ^"' '^' '"'""^ "^'^'^ ^'^^^•°™« -"til tl.e cLon be 

 formed, it would be of smaU consequence, provided attention were given to maintoin 

 wi^ exactrn^ss, the temperature in aU its degi-ees, wMch will be indkated oTe roo^ 

 suffices particularly for those who hatch but a smaU quantity of silkworms, if they hav? 

 wickertablesenoughtoadmitofsufficientspacebetween the worms. These SS 



