X CONTENTS. 



PART u. 



Growth and Changes of the Silk Worm, - S9 



Diseases of the Silk Worm, ----- 40 

 The Cocoonery, ------ 



Hatching, 4 ^ 



Italian Process, ------- 



Time of Hatching, 45 



Space Required, -47 



Feeding, 48 



Feeding Shelves, 51 



Weight of Food, 52 



Gathering Cocoons, 60 



Making Cocoons, - 59 



Preserving Eggs, 01 



Stifling Worms, ------- 



Curing Cocoons, ------ 65 



Transporting Cocoons, 



Substituted Feed, 64 



Successive Crops, - - - - - - 69 



Deterioration of Silk Worms, 70 



PART in. 



Reeling Silk, - 73 



Cobb's Reel, 76 



Dale's Reel, " 



Sorting Cocoons, - 77 



Reeling, " 



