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A TREATISE ON 



SILK WORMS: 



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IN TWO PARTS, 



THE FIRST ON THEIR MANAGEMENT WITHIN DOORS, AND 

 THE SECOND CONCERNING THEIR TREATMENT 

 IN OPEN AIR UPON HEDGES. 



BY PETER DELABIGARRE, Efq. 



FIRST QUERY. 



WHENCE fliould you get the eggs commonly called feeds 

 ojjilk worms ? What kind will fucceed, and are beft calculated 

 for this country ? 



(Ans.) Many people are of opinion, that preference ought 

 to be given to eggs of a warmer climate than that intended 

 for the raifmg of filk worms : but we are inclined to believe, 

 that fuch preference is rather due to thofe eggs raifed in a 

 climate of the fame temperature, as it is obvious, that the 

 change of air and food muft have a great influence upon the 

 worm, at lead for the firft year. However the mod 

 important thing is, the choice of the eggs, whether procured 

 from, abroad or raifed at home. 



(2d Que. J What is the mark of good eggs, and how are 

 you to diflingiiiih them from the bad ones ? 



