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ground from becoming too hard, which otherwife would be 

 an obflacle to the raifmg up of the young plants. 



The plants are fit to be tranfplanted the following year, in 

 the trenches intended for hedges, after the manner and at the 

 time above mentioned. The mulberry grows in every foil, 

 but it delights in a rich fandy ground, 



(ifl Que.) What is the mofl proper hedge to feed the filk 

 worms upon ? 



(Ans.) An hedge three years old begins to be fit for the 

 worms ; but we mud own, that one or two years older, v/iU 

 produce more leaves of a ftronger fubflance and aftbrds a 

 flronger Ihelter for thefe infeas. The thicknefs of the hedge 

 is a great advantage to the filk worm, in rainy or boifterous 

 weather ; befides, they climb upon branches well interwoven, 

 they hide themfelves better and reft more fecured, than upon 

 rare and thin branches. 



(2d Que.) Do you put the eggs or the worms already 

 come out, upon the leaves of the hedge, and how ? 



(Ans.) It is obvious, that the eggs fhould never be hatched 

 in open air, when we know that the hatching requires an 

 equal and conftant degree of heat, even at home. Therefore, 

 you mufl follow the direftions mentioned in the firfl part, as 

 well for the choice of the eggs as for their hatching ; befides, 

 you muil not exped that the young worms could be put o 



