SILK-WORMS. 
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small, covering the spaces between the twigs with 
these chopped leaves, that by degrees the whole 
surface may be equally spread with silk-worms. 
In case they should get into heaps, a leaf might 
be put over them, to whicli they will adhere; 
and, being gently lifted, it may be put in any 
spot where the worms lie thinner. 
Whenever silk-worms are added upon the pa- 
per where some worms have already been depo- 
sited, they should have food given them ; but the 
worms that were first laid on the paper should 
not be again fed until the other sheets of paper 
have been filled. Thus a fair number of the 
first worms will receive the second meal at one 
time. 
The worms take at least two days to come forth, 
consequently the first hatched will be larger than 
those that appear the second and third day. We 
have stated above, the thermometer proves, that 
a heated room can never be heated in a degree 
exactly equal in every point of space. There will 
exist the difference of a degree, and even more : 
we have also said, that the vicinity of the door, 
I recommend these directions to be exactly followed up ; 
they will guide, simplify, and ameliorate the cultivation of 
silk-worms. If they are not attended to, it will not be 
known which is the exact proportion of eggs which produces 
the worms, and there will be constantly on the tables worms 
of different sizes with differing necessities, and failure and 
trouble will ensue. 
