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THE ART OF REARING 
something, those at the edge of the paper having 
already left the litter on whieh they had lain, pre- 
paration should be made to remove them, that the 
sheets of paper may be cleansed. The worms 
should be removed from those sheets of paper first 
where they are perceived to be most revived and 
stirring. Small twigs of the young shoots of the 
mulberry tree, with six or eight leaves on them, 
should be put over the silk-worms ; these boughs 
should be placed so that, when spread out, there 
may be an inch or two between them. When 
one of the sheets of paper is thus covered with 
silk-worms, another is begun, and so on till all are 
completed ; this must be done speedily. There 
should be some boughs left, which will be wanted. 
These boughs will gradually be entirelyand thickly 
covered with the worms. The small portable tray 
should be ready (Fig. 9.) upon which the boughs 
covered with worms must be put quickly, when 
taken off the sheets of paper. 
Instead of forming small squares, as was done 
for disposing of the new-hatched worms, long 
strips should be laid down the middle of the 
wicker hurdles, prepared, so that by widening them 
on each side, when arrived at the consummation of 
the second age, the whole space of seventy-three 
feet four inches of the hurdle should be entirely 
covered by the silk -worms. 
The use of the small portable trays is beneficial ; 
