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should not be given until the second meal has been consumed; and 

 should the young shoots and leaves not be required, they may be given 

 the next day. 



Although it is not a general custom to chop or cut the leaves for 

 silkworms,' in this fourth age, it has been found very beneficial to give 

 it to them, coarsely cut up; fresh leaves, slightly cut up, by exhaling 

 a stronger smell, stimulate their hunger, and the cut edges are more 

 easy to bite. 



The late roused silkworms should be placed on hurdles, distinct 

 from the earliest worms. 



At the end of this day, the worms begin to show some vigor; they 

 move quickly to the leaves; they grow perceptibly, lose their ugly 

 colors, become slightly white, and assume more decided animal action. 



When all the silkworms are taken out of the small laboratory, the 

 hurdles from which they have been removed should be well cleaned. 

 This should be done quickly, if any of the silkworms are to be put 

 into the small laborator)- again for the convenience of space. 



Second day of the fourth age. 

 (Seventeenth of the rearing of the silkworm.) 



For this day will be wanted 165 pounds of sorted leaves, slightly 

 out up. The two first meals should be the lightest, and the last most 

 copious. 



The worms grow fast, and their skins continue to whiten. 



In giving the meals, the space occupied by the worms should be 

 widened. 



Third day of the fourth age. 

 (Eighteenth of the rearing of the silkworm.) 



For this day will be needed 225 pounds of sorted- leaves, a little cut. 

 The two first meals ought to be the most plentiful; the last meal to be 

 of about 75 pounds. 



Fourth day of the fourth age. 



(Nineteenth of the rearing of the silkworm.) 



This day the distribution of the cut leaves should be 255 pounds; 

 the three first meals of about 75 pounds each; the fourth of 45 pounds 

 only. The worms still get whiter, and at this time are more than 

 an inch and a half long. 



Fifth day of the fourth age. 



(Twentieth of the rearing of the silkworm.) 



No more #ian 128 pounds of picked leaves will be needed this day, 

 because the silkworm's hunger diminishes much. The first meal should 



