SILK-WORMS. 
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Fourth Day of the Fourth Age. 
(Nineteenth of the Rearing of the Silk-worm.) 
This day the distribution of the cutleaves should 
be 25 5 pounds, the three first meals of about 75 
pounds each, the fourth of 45 pounds only. The 
worms still get whiter, and at this period are more 
than an inch and a half long. 
Fifth Day of the Fourth Age. 
(Twentieth of the Rearing of the Silk-wonn.) 
No more than 128 pounds of picked leaves will 
be needed this day, because the silk-worm’s hun- 
ger diminishes much. 
The first meal should be the most considerable. 
A great number of the worms become torpid on 
this day. 
The leaves should only be distributed as they 
are wanted, and only on those hurdles whose worms 
are perceived not to be torpid, that they should 
not be wasted uselessly. The worms are this day 
an inch and three-quarters long. 
Sixth Day of the Fourth Age. 
(Twenty-first of the Rearing of the Silk-worm.) 
Thirty-five pounds of picked leaves are enough 
for this day. 
It is easy to find out where and in what quanti- 
ties the worms need food. 
