40 COMPLETE INSTRUCTION IN 



COCOONS FOR BREEDING. 



When the cocoons are taken from the branches, 

 trays, or canopies where they were spun, select 

 the best, i. e., the most regular in shape and 

 the most evenly spun. Have shallow boxes 

 about two inches deep all ready, with soft paper 

 in the bottoms, and take alternately a large 

 plump cocoon and a long slender one, and lay 

 them one tier deep in the boxes. Handle them 

 very gently, and lay the boxes away in the hatch- 

 ing-room, or on trays, where they will not be 

 disturbed. Do not let them be in the draft or 

 sunshine at any time. Keep the temperature 'up 

 to 70 all the time of incubation. In eight or 

 ten days from the selecting of the cocoons, early 

 in the morning the millers will begin to emerge 

 from their silken homes. 



