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When the proprietor once thoroughly acknow- 
ledges the exact and regular method of rearing 
silk-worms as the best means of prosperity and 
gain, he will find all difficulties cease, and that 
the necessary care is attainable, without great ex- 
pense or much trouble. 
4. Of the Utensils required in the art of Rearing 
Silk-Worms . 
Better to execute the various operations 'which 
form an art, upon smaller means, ought to be 
the principal object at which those who practise 
that art should aim. 
Upon this principle I have thought it might 
not be without usefulness, to form a small collec- 
tion of utensils which are not expensive, and yet 
are indispensable in the execution of the opera- 
tions which the cultivation of silk-worms re- 
quires. 
This art has hitherto had no appropriate uten- 
sils ; each employed whatever came under the 
hand, indifferently. I here give an explanation 
of the utensils, and the engraving will be found 
at the end of the volume. 
Utensils. 
The Scraper . — It is used to detach, or scrape 
the eggs from the wet cloths. It is easily 
handled ; the sharp side of the blade is introduced 
