22 COMPLETE INSTRUCTION IN 



Within the first hour after they begin to 

 appear, take a piece of mosquito-netting already 

 prepared, and spread it over the worms. Have 

 ready some young mulburry leaves cut as fine as 

 cut tobacco (not cncffped like salad), and sprinkle 

 the leaves evenly over the worms. If they are 

 very numerous and come up quickly, take off 

 that piece of netting soon and place it on a clean 

 tray, and put on another piece of netting as at 

 the first, and also sprinkle with the cut leaves. 

 On the first tray place a card with the words, 

 " First hatch, May 10, 1902," or whatever the date 

 may happen to be. Be sure that this card is 

 kept with the first hatch throughout all the 

 changes and molts. In an hour or so, remove 

 the second piece of netting, and mark it as 

 "Second hatch," with date as before directed, and 

 so on, in like manner, for three days, or until the 

 eggs have all hatched. 



Never lose the dates, or in any way mix the 

 trays of worms. Then they will all molt at the 

 same time, and will all be ready to spin at the 

 same time. 



In about two or three hours after the first feed, 

 feed again, and so on for four days, and as late 

 as ten or eleven o'clock at night, and by five 

 every morning. They will begin to lose their 

 appetite on the third or fourth day, and will soon 



