i>^^ Mr, Dclahigarrc on Silk Worms, 



l^5th Que.) What time is moft proper to hatch the eggs ? 



(An3.) As it is impolTible to determine any particular day, 

 it mufl be calculated from the temperature of each climate 

 and the knowledge of the feafon, relative to the putting forth 

 of mulberry leaves, in fucli way as to be certain of getting 

 fufficient food for the young worms. 



Notwitflanding, the fooner the better : becaufe the young 

 worms want the tendereft leaves ; thus the moil proper time 

 to begin the hatching is, when you perceive the firft buds of 

 Mulberry difpofed to come out. 



(6th Que.) What is the befl method of hatching? 



(Ans.) The choice of the eggs and the method of their 

 hatching, are the two important objeds upon which depend 

 chiefly all our future fuccefles, and in the mean while, it is 

 worth the while to obferve, that both are entirely at our own 

 difpofal. As foon as the buds of mulberry are coming out, 

 we mud take particular care to have our eggs hatched. The 

 eggs mud be properly divided into ounces, in fuch a way, 

 that one ounce fliould be hatched all at once if poffible, in 

 order to avoid the trouble and labour of feeding feparately 

 the worms hatched at different times. 



The eggs are commonly put in a fmall bag, to the "quantity 

 of an ounce. If you intend to raife a great quantity, at the 

 interval of a day, you put as many bags as you wifh to hatch 



