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and particularly a temperature as regular as possible. 

 All these points cannot be attained without a good 

 cocoonery, built with special reference to them. 



In a good cocoonery we are certain of obtaining more 

 silk from the same number of cocoons, and the silk 

 finer, and of superior quality, besides rendering the 

 feeding of the worms easier, and consequently it can be 

 done with less trouble and work. 



A good cocoonery has also the advantage of pro- 

 tecting the silkworms against their natural enemies, 

 which are the bird, principally, and all the poultry, 

 rats, mice and ante. 



A GOOD COCOONERY IS NEEDED ON EVERY FARM. 



I wish to show and impress upon every reasoning 

 person, that a good cocoonery is indispensable on every 

 farm, and that such a building would be of great benefit 

 to each farmer, not only for the raising of silkworms, 

 but also for other products, because at the feeding 

 time, which is in June and July, you have no need of 

 the building to store anything in, and during all the 

 balance of the year that building can be used to store 

 all the grain, hay, corn, or any other products that need 

 to be protected against the inclemency of the weather, 

 or the depredations of cattle, squirrels, gophers, rats, 

 mice, etc., etc. It is evident that for the storage of 

 all this only, such a building ought to exist on every 

 farm ; and the saving of the crops will certainly more 

 than compensate the farmer for the erection of it, 

 because they can build it small or large, according to 



