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Box for keeping the moths in . — This should be 
a slight wooden or paper box, with air-holes in 
the sides ; is very useful to keep the moths from 
light without injuring them, and to prevent the 
males from flapping their wings. (Fig. f (& 
Stand for the silk-worm eggs . — This is the most 
convenient invention I know for gathering the 
eggs ; when it has been employed, it shuts up, 
takes up no room when put by till the following 
year, when it again comes into use. (Fig. 28.) -- 
Twine frames . — There is no better manner of 
preserving the eggs, than hanging them on this ; 
they receive the air on all sides, and the eggs are 
kept cool and dry. (Fig. W-) 
Chapter XIV. 
GENERAL VIEW AND APPLICATION OF ALL FACTS 
STATED IN THIS WORK, AND WHICH ARE IM- 
MEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH THE ART OF 
REARING SILK-WORMS. 
When an art, so eminently allied to individual 
and national prosperity, is in question, an author 
cannot, I think, make the knowledge and practice 
of every branch of the art too clear, plain, and 
familiar. 
