134 ON REARING 



BEMOVAL OF THE SILK WORMS AFTER 

 THEIR FIRST MOULTING. 



SSE-NONG-PI-YONG, 



Place four frames upon a separate stage, and the worms 

 which haye deposited a Jight bed of dung must be changed. 

 When they have eaten abundantly, a quantity of silk 

 worms, which, at their hatching, occupied a space as large 

 as a man at draughts, will fill the two middle frames ; a 

 quantity of silk worms, which occupy a space no larger 

 than a small piece of money, will cover the third frame. 



REMOVAL OF THE SILK WORMS AFTER 

 THEIR SECOND MOULTING. 



A quantity of silk worms, which at the moment of their 

 hatching occupy a space no larger than a small piece of 

 money, will cover six frames. When they have eaten abun- 

 dantly; the same silk worms will cover twelve frames. 



REMOVAL OF THE SILK WORMS AFTER 

 THEIR THIRD MOULTING. 



A quantity of silk worms, which, at the moment of their 



