130 ON REARING 



ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SILK 



WORMS UPON THE FRAMES, AND THE 



SPACE TO BE ALLOWED THEM. 



THSI-MING-YAO-CHOU. 



When the silk worms are moulting, three frames are con- 

 stantly required. The middle frame is destined to receive 

 the silk worms, the superior and the inferior ought to re- 

 main empty. The lower frame preserves the worms from 

 the dampness of the ground, the upper preserves them from 

 the dust of the apartment. 



WOU-PEN-SIN-CHOU. 



When the silk worms are about hatching, they require 

 cool air. A bed of chopped straw must be spread on the 

 frame ; wheat straw must not be used. Every day they 

 must be removed once upon other frames ; if they are not 

 changed, it generally happens that white spots come over 

 them. 



ON REMOVING THE SILK WORMS. 



In removing the silk worms many persons must be em- 

 ployed in order to perform it quickly. If they are left for 

 a long time, heaped up in the baskets, they become heated 

 and perspire abundantly. In consequence, a great number 

 of them fall sick and die. By degrees they will diminish 



