REARING SILKWORMS. 35 



Lift up the canopy from the table and let it 

 come together as near as the top piece will admit 

 it. Set it on the tray, inside the nails which are 

 designed to keep it in place. Then take a piece 

 of the same kind of cloth as the cover, and stretch 

 it over one end, fastening it on with pins. Put 

 three or four in the lower end, on the tray, and 

 the others on the canopy. The lower pins need 

 not often be removed. When the paste is dry, 

 the canopy is ready to be placed over a tray of 

 worms that are all ready to spin. Have the tray 

 ready with the nails in before you put the worms 

 on. Take out the lower pins and lay the canopy 

 over the worms. Again pin down the end piece, 

 and you will soon see them mounting up the 

 narrow streets and all over the top, and in due 

 time every spot will have a clean, beautiful 

 cocoon. 



It is always best to put in a few branches under 

 the canopy at first, and even several times, if the 

 worms are slow in going up to spin. 



These canopies seem to be very troublesome 

 affairs at first; but when it is remembered how 

 ,long they last and how much better the work is 

 done in them, the balance is largely in their 

 favor. 



