138 THE CULTURE 



worfe fmell proceed from it than that of 

 dry grafs or hay, but indeed if it had con- 

 tra6ted much mouldinefs and moifture for 

 want of air, or by heaping too much food, 

 it would be otherwife, and have an offen- 

 five fmell. 



You might have inured the worms to 

 the open air, by laying the drawers, or 

 whatever elfe they wej-e nurfed in, upon 

 the hurdles in the day time, and returning 

 them back into the cheil of drawers at 

 night, and afterwards, if the weather is 

 warm, by letting them lie all night on the 

 open Hands in the fame drawers. 



When you intend to (hift them out of 

 their drawers to the hurdles which com-* 

 pofe the fnelves of your large fcands, you 

 need only raife the Vvhole cake of fibres 

 with the worms on it, and lay it on the 

 middle of the hurdle, or raife one edge of 

 the cake over the edge of the drawer upon 

 the hurdle, and then gently fhift the drawer 

 from under it j this would be the eafier 

 done if one of the ledges of the drawers 

 had been contrived to flip of. 



As the worms will as yet take up but 

 few of your flielves, you Ihould place them 

 on thofe flielves where they v/ill be eafieft 



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