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flraw fmeared with cow-dung and dried, 

 as bed fuits the climate and your conve- 

 niency. 



The frame which fupports the drawers 

 need be only four uprights, with crofs bars 

 for the drawers to run upon, being open 

 on all fides, that the freih air may occa- 

 fionally have accefs, for which reafon alfo 

 there fhould be an inch or more di{l-ance 

 between each drawer ; a cover of coarfe 

 flifF paper may be made to go over the 

 whole, and keep the young worms warm 

 when there is fliarp weather 5 and one fide 

 of this cover may be loofe, fo as to throw 

 back when a lefler quantity of frefh air is 

 neceflary, and you do not care to uncover 

 the whole frame. 



This neft of drawers can eafily be moved 

 from one part of a room to another, can 

 be fecured from cold by covering it clofe 

 at night, and alfo from mice or other ver- 

 min, by hanging it out of their reach. 



I mentioned above the laying of the 

 worms in the middle of the drawer, the 

 reafon of which is, that they m^ay regu- 

 larly fpread themfdves, fo as to fill the 

 whole drawer as they grow large; they 

 are made to do this by fpreading the leaves 



a little 



