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Even the green bark fcraped from the 

 blanches will feed them, but this injures 

 the trees, if it is fcraped with an iron knife 

 I fufped; that it might give an aflringent 

 quality to the bark which would hurt the 

 worms, one of glafs or a fharp flint would 

 do beft. It would be proper, if the cli- 

 mate is liable tothofe inconveniencies which 

 arifes from a late fpring, blafls or fliarp 

 winds, to have a good many trees in a funny 

 place, but flickered from the fevere winds, 

 which may give you food for your worms 

 as early as is neceffary, and by the time 

 that thefe leaves are ufed tlie other trees 

 will be ready ; but if the iateft trees are 

 ready time enough, it would then be bell: 

 to prcferve thefe early trees to the laft, 

 when the worms are full grown. 



Befides obferving the budding of the 

 mulberry-tree^ you fliould choofe a day 

 clear, dry, and warm, when you put your 

 eggs to hatch : fome alfo advife that you 

 Ihould, if in other refpecls convenient, 

 choofe the new moon, in order that the 

 worms may begin to fpin on the full moon 

 of the following month, which they think 

 makes them fpin the better ; but as in very 

 warm chmates time is chiefly to be gain'd, 

 8 that 



