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Mr. Delahigarre on Silk Worms* 



( 1 2th Que.) Is it neceflary to feed the worms as foon as 

 they come out of the eggs, and how ? 



(Ans.) If the egg's have been hatched In fmall bags, when 

 on looking into the bag you perceive fome of the worms 

 coming out, it is time to fpread all the eggs in a box, the 

 bottom of which muft be covered with a thin bed of cotton, 

 overfpread with a piece of old white linen ; then as foon as 

 there is a fufficient number of young worms come out, you 

 put over them a piece of parchment as wide as the box ; that 

 parchment muft be pierced with holes all over like a i\Q\e. ; 

 you lay over it fome tender leaves of mulberry ; you will 

 obferve to put two ftrings to each fide of the parchment, in 

 order to take out the new worms upon their leaves and to ftir 

 up the remaining eggs with the end of a quill, as well as to 

 give frelh air to the box. 



Some people ufe a piece of paper inftead of parchment, but 

 it is obvious that this laft is a great deal preferable to the 

 other ', the paper attracting all the moifture of the leaves, 

 foon fticks to the eggs, and makes them fo cold as to prevent 

 many worms from coming out. 



If the hatching has been done on fieves in the ftove-room, 

 you have nothing to do but to put the parchment over the 

 eggs in the fame way. 



As foon as you perceive a fufficient number of worms upon 

 the leaves, by lifting up the parchment you carry thofe leaves 



