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upon them, for bcfides the wafte of time, the 

 worms will often not get upon thefe frefh 

 leaves but lie upon the hurdle while they 

 eat them, fo that you might wait a long 

 time before you got them all fliifted. 



When you have a number of hurdles 

 to clean, flrew frefh leaves on as many 

 hurdles as you think proper, and by the 

 time that you have ftrewed them on the 

 lafl, the worms will have got upon the 

 leaves of the firfl. Then begin and take 

 thefe off and place them upon a clean 

 hurdle, and then after clearing away the 

 litter and fibres of the hurdle from which 

 you firfl removed the worms, it will be 

 ready to put others on, and in this me- 

 thod proceed till they are all cleaned 3 

 by which means one fupernumerary hurdle^ 

 will ferve for cleaning all the refl, and the 

 laft clean'd will remain empty of worms, 

 being the fupernumerary hurdle with whicff 

 you are to begin your next cleaning. ;J''^^^^ 

 '"For the greater eafe of fhifting*^- tliS'J 

 worms, the two hurdles fhould be takeri'7 

 from the fland^ and laid near one another _[ 

 on a table, or fquare frame, wliich may 



be renloved from fland to fland aS'ydtl'^ 



The 



have oceafion to clean them. ' -^ ^^'- "^^ 



