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by turning the slats the opposite way. They are 

 covered with burlap, and over the frames mos- 

 quito-netting is drawn tightly, and tacked all 

 round. Then there are a few holes cut, about one 

 by one half-inch, in the netting. When the worms 

 are all ready to spin, they are taken up gently 

 and dropped into these holes, and a piece of 

 pasteboard laid over the holes to keep them from 

 getting away. They will wander about for a 

 while, but being unable to get out, they will 

 finally settle down and spin. It is wise to put in 

 these frames something to keep the netting from 

 sagging down; also put in some wads of crinkled 

 paper, newspaper will do, if you have nothing 

 better. Worms always want something near-by 

 to cling to as they throw out their supporting 

 strands of silk. 



Another mode is to suspend branches from the 

 tray above. Fix them so as to just touch the 

 tray on which the worms are. Some of them 

 will mount, but they are liable to wander about. 



Yet another style is to take a tray such as the 

 worms feed on, and pile it up about a foot high 

 with little branches and pieces of crinkled paper. 

 Let them be loosely put on. Then set this tray 

 between two trays that are ready to spin, and the 

 worms will crawl up on either side. The tray 

 fixed for spinning will accommodate both the 



