100 ON REARING 



take them out ; they afterwards wash them in fresh water, 

 and wait for the coming of Spring. 



SSE-NONG-PI-YONG. 



The summer silk worms are of another species ; they 

 are vulgarly called San-tsan, or third silk worms. 



The silk worms which are raised in the Spring, lay eggs 

 for the Summer ; those that are raised in Summer, lay eggs 

 for the Autumn ; those of the Autumn, lay eggs for the 

 Spring of the following year. None of these eggs must 

 be neglected, for otherwise eggs will he wanted for the 

 next raising. 



SAME WORK. 



The silk worms of Autumn, are also called Yuuen-tsan, 

 that is to say : second silk worms, or silk worms of a second 

 rearing. But in gathering the leaves to feed them, they 

 never fail to injure the tree. It sometimes happens, that 

 some misfortune from heaven destroys the Spring silk 

 worms, the raising of the Autumn silk worms cannot be 

 dispensed with, but must be done to repair the loss. But 

 the late crops are surer and more advantageous than those 

 of the commencement of the year. 



Siu-kouang-ki, says : " The men of the present day do 

 not raise the Autumnal silk worms ; they are contented to 

 preserve the eggs of the Summer for the crop of the follow- 

 ing Spring. They succeed equally well." 



The same author again says : " It is a very just idea to 

 say, the Autumn silk worms serve to repair the losses 



