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TABLE of the rearing of Silkworms to the Sixth Age, from one ounce of Eggs. 



r nt day-l 



I Sd do I 



"l 3d do f 



L 4thdo J 



1st day' 

 2d do 

 3d do 

 4th do 

 5th do 

 6tbdo 



1st day' 

 2d do 

 3d do 

 4th do 

 5th do 

 6lh do 

 rthdo 



5th do 

 6th do 

 rthdo 

 8th do 



Tender young leaves, chopped fine; four meals, progressively increased, 

 " " " the first the iai-gest, the last the sniallc; 



'» " " four meals, 



The first meal of 9 oz . the others less, if the leaves have not been eaten. 



Tender leaves, chopped fine. Worms casting' their fii-st skins. 



Half tender branches, half leaves a little chopped; second meal 1 lb. 14 oz. 

 Chopped leaves, four meals; the two first less than the two last. Enlarge the spaces. 

 •' " the two first the largest. 



three meals; tlie three first the least, the last 17 lbs. ' 

 Whole leaves, four meals; the three first 16 Iba. 4oz, the last lOilbs. 

 Picked leaves distributed as wanted; the first meal the largest. 



*' " " " Worms prepare to cast their skins. 



Leavesaswanted. Wormsare roused. 



Half branches and half leaves. Enlarge the spaces. 



Picked leaves, four meals; the first the smallest, 12 lbs. the last 22 lbs. 



" the first meal 22 lbs. the last 27 lbs. 12 ounces. 



" " 27 lbs. 12 oz. the last 374 lbs. 



« " 37i lbs. the second 46 lbs. 14 ounces. 



« four meals, the last the most abundant. 



" " the first meal the largest, the rest to lesien gradually. 



" four or five meals, the first the largest, 46 lbs. 14 ouiites. 



" distributed as wanted. Worms approach maturity. 



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The table is taken from the work by Conafous, of Piedmont, on Silkworms. Lyons, 1824. 

 and the inch into 12 lines. It is nine lines more than tlie American foot, or one fool 7-100 " 

 twelve feet nine inches American, fractions omitted; 93.89 French feet make 100 feet 

 may easily do so, by noting the dimensions of each hurdle orfeediijg frame. (See chap. . 



3 follow, fractions omitted: 



French. The p-eiich foot is divided into 12 inches, 

 I, nearly. Six French feet are six feet four inches American^ twelve French feet are 

 Those who intend to regulate the spaces by the rules of either Dandolo t ~ 



will be seen, by refen 

 im, or the least that cai 

 lever to permit them to 



I chap. 13, that the spaces prescribed by Bonafous, are greate: 

 le allowed, to secure the health of silkworms. It cannot be toi 

 s crowded. The spacw, asset down in the table, when reduced t< 



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The quantities of lesves marked for the sever*! days and ages, are 

 quantity of woi-msbe reared, when leaves are bought; or when persons a 

 "" c unnecessary waste of leaves, and surfeiting the worms, when he c 



Id always be kept i 



s the trouble of the attendants, from the litter it produces. The proportions prescribed by Bonafous, when reduced to American weights, 



In Chap. 8, it will be aecn, that the weights of leiveswe greater than those prescribed by Dandolo. 



may be useful, if a great 

 for the daily supplies; and by preventing 

 , superabundance of food greatly in- 

 follow, omitting fractional 



