THE SILK WORM. 45 



which may be taken off whenever it is necessary to 

 clean the Worms, and then be replaced. 



HATCHING. 



Having a stock of Mulberry trees and a cocoonery 

 conveniently fitted up, the culturist has arrived at the 

 point where he is prepared to commence operations 

 in the delightful task of rearing the Silk Worm. The 

 first step in the process is to hatch the eggs ; and 

 here we would caution the culturist against being 

 deluded and discouraged by the particularity and 

 apparent difficulty of the Italian process. It was 

 our avowed intention in the commencement of this 

 little manual to give the practical culturist "a prac- 

 tical treatise on the culture of silk, adapted to the 

 climate and soil of the United States," without refer- 

 ence to the soils and climates of other countries less 

 adapted to the same object. Hence we have studi- 

 ously avoided noticing the peculiar manner in which 

 the tree is cultivated in the silk growing districts of 

 Europe and Asia for the purpose of freeing the sub- 

 ject of every difficulty with which it might seem to be 

 embarrassed. In giving directions for rearing the 

 Silk Worm and making Silk, we shall endeavor to 

 regard the same object. 



ITALIAN PROCESS. 



We will, however, give the Italian process of 

 hatching the eggs, not on account of its necessity in 

 this country; but to show the American culturist, the 

 advantages he possesses over the Italian, for a profit- 

 able production of silk. These directions are copied 



