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lafl: complain of tlie faiigue, and of the 

 many millions of grains that went to make 

 a few barrels of corn. But when it can be 

 ihew'd, that two or three large mulberry- 

 trees, or a proportional number of fmall 

 ones, will feed a fufficient number of 

 worms to make above a pound of filk j 

 that the ftand which holds thefe worms 

 will not take up a yard's fpace in a room ; 

 that one perfon Ikill'd in reeling can, with 

 the help of a boy to turn the reel, wind off 

 two or three pound of filk in a day j that 

 one pound of this filk will make near five 

 yards of paduafoy ; that the whole time, 

 from the hatching of the eggs to the I'eel- 

 ing of the fiik, amounts to no more than 

 fix weeks ; and that a fmall part of each 

 day is fufficient for the proper attendance ; 

 that befides all this, it can be done with 

 much lefs trouble than is generally, under- 

 gone ^ thefe things, I fay, being con- 

 fidered, and, as I hope, fhev^n in the pro^ 

 grefs of the inflruclions given in this book, 

 then the management of filkworms will 

 appear perhaps in a more inviting light, 

 and be look'd upon as an entertainment 

 ji^ither unpleafing nor unprofitable. 



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