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The feed at firft coming out is very white, but within a day 
it beeoms greenifh , then red , at laft by little and little gray,, 
which colour if retains alwaies,the mo ft coloured of an obfeure 
gray, being the beft 5 thofe grains, which never quit their white- 
nefs* having no fecundity in them. 
Each female emits ordinarily fome ^oo.grains^more or leis, 
fome of them not being able to render them all, and dying 
with them in their belly. One ounce of feed will require an 
hundred pair of Cafes, of as many Males as Females.: 
Care muft b|^|aken,that no Rats, Mice, Ants, or other Ver- 
min, nor any or Birds come neer the Seed, they being 
very greedy to eat them. 
This is the fubitance of what is contained in this French 
Author, publifbed at Paris on purpofe to promote the Making 
of Silf there, as well as it is pradtifed already in other parts of 
that Kingdom : which is reprefented here,to the end, that from 
this occafion the defign* which the Englifti Nation once did 
entertain of t\\t increafing of Mulberry-trees, and the Breeding of 
SWf-ivormS) for the making of Self within themfelves , may be 
renewed, and that encouragement, given by King James of 
Glorious memory for that purpofe ( witnefs that tetter which 
he directed to the Fords Lieutenants of the feveral fliires of 
England ) and feeonded by his Mo/l Excellent Majefiy, that 
now is, be made ufe of, for the honour of England and Virgi- 
nia^ and the increafe of wealth to the people thereof: efpecially 
fince there is caufe of hope , that a double Stl \barvefl may be 
made in one Summer in Virginia, without hindring in the leaft: 
the T^rco-Trade of that Countrey. 
Enquiries concerning Agriculture. 
Whereas the Fyyal Society, in profecuting the Improvements 
cf Natural kpoivledg, have it in defign, to colledt Hiftories of 
Nature and Arts , and for that purpofe have already, accor- 
ding to the feveral Inclinations and Studies of their Members, 
divided themfelves into divers Committees , to execute thefaid 
defign ; Thofe Gentlemen 3 which do conftitute the Committee 
for confidering of Agriculture , and the Hijtory and Improve- 
ment thereof, have begun their work with drawing up certain 
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