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2. He has the dung and litter taken from the 
wickers while the worms are rearing. 
3. And the leaves of the mulberry-tree are used as 
fodder, when they drop off' in the autumn, for oxen. 
In concluding this paragraph, I ought to say that the 
great profits which either proprietor or cultivator can 
hope to obtain, are founded on the judicious planting and 
culture of the mulberry-tree, and on the careful rearing 
and cultivation of the silk-worm ; and that these profits 
will never be reaped by any who do not attend to the 
plantation of the mulberry, or who do not rear the 
silk-worm with the most minute attention. 
3. Net -profit which may be made by those who rear 
silk-worms eniirel ion their mon account , and at their 
awn cost, whether using the leaves they have, or buying 
leaves to feed the worms. 
The calculations I am going to note down, tend to 
shew that the art of rearing silk-worms may be prac- 
tised by any one possessing a room, silk-worms’ eggs, 
and mulberry-leaves at their own disposal. 
The rules I have laid down are such, that without 
being either proprietor or tenant cultivator, any one 
may rear silk-worms with success equal to theirs. 
The table of all the expenses I incurred to rear 
silk- worms, during the two last years, and of what 
I gained on them, is very exact. My laboratory or 
establishment would hold the worms proceeding from 
five ounces of eggs from the fourth moulting or cast- 
ing, until the complete accomplishment of the changes. 
