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the others were, and distributed upon the hurdles ; should any aitei* 

 this remain torpid in the litter, they may be cast aw.y. It is observ- 

 able, that the silkworms like the tender boughs so much, that they 

 are found heaped upon them, eA'^en when they have entirely eaten the 

 leaves off, and never leave them to return to the litter below. 



An hour or two after the worms have been placed upon the hurdles^ 

 they should be given a meal of lliree pounds of leaves chopped small. 



When the boughs are stripped of the leaves by the worms, there 

 will be bare spaces in the paper, and the boughs swarming with worms. 

 To remedy this, the leaves should be gently laid on those bare places, 

 and the worms stretching upon them, will equally spread and fill the 

 strips. The space occupied by the worms should be widened a little 

 when they are first fed. It should be remembered to sweep up, with 

 a small broom, the leaves that may be scattered. 



In the remainder of this day the silkworms should have, in two 

 meals, the remaining six pounds of chopped leaves, with an interval 

 of six hours between each, or according to the hours of the day which 

 remain. 



When the silkworms have been removed to the clean hurdles, those 

 they have left should be thoroughly cleaned, the sheets of paper 

 cleansed and rolled up, and taken out of the laboratory. 



From the first day of the rearing of silkworms, until the first moult- 

 ing, they consumed thirty pounds of leaves. 



Second day of the second age. 

 (Seventh of the rearhig' of the silkworm.) 



This day will be required about thirty pounds of chopped leaves; 

 this quantity, divided into four portions, should be given at intervals 

 of six hours, the two first meals less plentiful than the two remaining. 

 It is very necessary gradually to widen on both sides the strips in 

 which the worms are distributed, that, at the close of the day, two- 

 thirds of the allotted space should be covered. 



The body of the worm now acquires a clear hue, the head enlarges 

 and becomes whiter. Should some places be thinly covered with 

 worms, by placing small boughs where the worms lie thick, they will 

 fasten on them, and may then be removed to fill up the places which 

 were not sufficiently covered; the equality of the worms being very 

 desirable, it should be constantly attended to, and those means prac- 

 tised which have been stated through all the moultings, and whenever 

 circumstances require them. 



Third day of the second age. 

 (Eighth of the rearing- of the silkworm.) 



This day thirty-three pounds of chopped leaves, well picked, will 

 be necessary, and this time the two first meals should be the largest. 

 The leaves should be distributed in proportion as they are wanted, ami 



