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THE ART OF REARING 
hour to remove and distribute the worms upon 
the 174 feet of hurdles. 
As fast as the worms are lifted off, the litter 
should be carried out of the laboratory, rolled 
up in the sheets of paper ; when taken out, the 
litter should be examined, in case any of the 
torpid worms may be remaining in it, and if this 
is done in any place sheltered from rain and wind, 
far from injuring the worms, it will tend to rouse 
them sooner than they would have roused in the 
laboratory, to which they must be taken back by 
offering them young shoots, to which they will 
fasten, and thus be carried safely. 
The latest worms should be placed apart, as 
their next moulting will be a day later also, or 
should it be desired to bring them on equally with 
the others, by giving them rather more space 
between them on the hurdles, and putting them 
in the hottest part of the laboratory, this may be 
managed. 
Now, as the worms begin to eat more, it is 
useful to employ the square basket (Fig. 19.), 
with which twice the work may be done in feed- 
ing the worms, compared to the usual method 
of holding the shoots and leaves in an apron, 
and feeding the worms with one hand only ; by 
means of this basket, which may be suspended 
with a hook, and slide in a groove along the edge 
of the wicker trays, the feeder may arrange and 
