2^4 THE CULTURE 

 creafe of litter, therefore if any light dr5r 

 materials, fuch as the withered fibres of 

 rape or muflard, were fpread on the hur- 

 dles (or framed in fuch a manner as 1 fhall 

 hereafter mention) fo as to form a contex- 

 ture very loofe and open, about an inch 

 or more in thicknefs, which I fhall call 

 bedding, this will help to keep the leaves 

 in fuch' a fituation as to be eafily and 

 wholy eaten, and will alfo prevent the 

 worms from lieing among the litter which 

 they make ; for though, when they were 

 young and fmall, the fibres of the leaves 

 formed a bedding fuflicient to fupport them, 

 yet at this age they fcarce leave any fibi^es 

 of the mulberry- leaves uneaten, and thofe 

 are too weak to fupport their weight. 



If you drefs their hurdles in this man- 

 ner their litter will roll down through the 

 bedding and be received by the hurdle 

 which, Las formerly directed, is woven ft> 

 clofeas not- to let it pafs, and it may be 

 cleared av/ay by. fhifting the bedding with 

 the y^orms upon -it, in large quantities at 

 -a time, upon, a clean hurdle, and then 

 :fhaking-the litter off the othg**.* yd ,HM 

 -/iThis: bedding "may be much "improved 

 mi convenience, uby:^ fixing.it:in a flight 

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