| Show I 1 gurm MURE EGGS 1 1 1 I 1 BY LOUIS LOUISA A bartrand ND N D XIII when a large quantity of eggs is not wanted the selected cocoons are ara regularly disposed on the shelves of the hatching roam room where a uniform temperature pera ture is maintained it is unnecessary to operate in the dark dark but cocoons and moths and especially eggs must be sheltered from the direct rays tays of the sun if the weather is warm and favorable vo rable the worms in from ten to 10 twelve days from the time they have finished sp spinning inning are transformed into a chrysalis which emits immediately from its mouth an oily substance against one end of the cocoon and aud simultaneously with its head it commences a A shoving and pushing motion when in a few hour it will p mergo emerge again into the world BIRTH OP OF THE MOTHS As the reproducing qualities of the eggs from which you agerto are to propagate the species depends entirely on the operation it becomes important that every female be paired with a male if let alone there being a large number of males and females all mixed promiscuously together it is not probable that more than two thirds of the females will be properly paired with a male and arid hence a large number of your eggs would be valueless here then is work ne nee c essary to be done and done roughly thoroughly and at the proper time the moths generally ly come out of the cocco cocoons ns in athe the morning g before nine each day in about the same order tb that at th the q worms commence spinning cocoons hence you must be present every eveia morning to keep a watchful eye ov over er this important operation As soon as they com coffe out take hold af the wings of the moths and lay JAY them upon some soft boft cotton cloth spread on the shelves they will immediately stick on the cloth males and females should be far enough separate that they may not bot get mixed they are thus ier left during an hour chour or until their wings fall flatly on their bodies during that time the they ey will get rid of a reddish dark matter the residue odthe of the dorkof mets metamorphosis the males usually come out before the females sometimes the mals malos are on ou the first day far more numerous than the females keep for the following day those that thab are not wanted it will be sufficient to lay them upon some coth and to remove them from the fe fen males SELECTION OF THE MOTHS the moth emerge emerges sf from the cocoon iu the shape of a large butterfly butterf lyof ota ofa a grayish white color with four wings two eyes and two feathery plumes or horns the male is easily known by its smaller size and a continual flutter of his win winger gs the female is of a larger size bize of a white color and seldom moves A careful breeder must review all the moths coming out and reject every 0 one no which Is ignot not perfect the males maies which are found among the females are necessarily excellent since they have b been een mixed with the latter iatter on account of their great size preserve them on the contrary the females which are mixed with tle the the males maies must be generally rejected because their weak constitution is the reason why they have heen been selected as being males PA PAIRING I 1 R idt lna G before pei pel performing forming that inter infer interesting esting operation erat enat era tion fon spread a soft cotton cloth cioth horizontally zon tally on a table As soon as as the reddish matter above mentioned has been evacuated bring the males nearer the females to facilitate the operation of coupling for that purpose take hold of tile the wings of the males and place one ne near each female the pairing is done immediately they are ane then fo be left in darkness as when complete the silkworm is a night insect it is essential to watch the millers with assiduity sometimes among the paired ones a male or more gets loose as soon as you yon see this you must take them off because they would disturb the others and cause many nany of them to get loose also and aud it is important that they should not be disturbed put these loose ones male and feni feal female ale aie back h with the tho unpaired ones so that they ma may all get paired again when hen the millers have remained to gether six sik or seven h hour houn you sou must just jush as punctually be on h hand and and separate 8 them for that tha catch wel the belly of the female with thres three fingers of the left hand and without disengaging her from the cloth with the other ather hand take ther theT wings odthe ff male maIe wand and draw them apart gently so 50 as not to hurt them YouA ayeno no further the male unless as sometimes is the case there should be a greater num berof berlof females fe males malea the thach than maies males i to meet such a contingency it is prudent to keep some of them tum over by putting them iii in abos which cover over to keep beep chemin giving them plenty vry soon boon af ter being sep separated arateA from the maleche ma lethe female exudes a drop of yellowish matter on the cloth the eggs egged are to be collected in the foll following qwIng awing manner layl lavi NCI EGGS I 1 I 1 i 1 A certain quantity of soft paper bf uniform size and thickness is wanted dispose regularly ib your sheets of paper upon boards frames or cloths claths with a sufficient inclination in order that the millers may easily catch ho hold hoid id of them of course these egg cards have been prepared beforehand then remove your females to the card and place them at about an inch apart each way every card insects is large twenty nive five insects this thil having been done the female commences her last act depositing her eggs strive to dispose them thena orderly and avoid having them laid too thick when a card is not full enough you may place more females upon it or those of of the next day which have been gaffi gathered ered upon other cards but in that thai case I 1 be careful to bring them nearer on the third hird day these females are to be rejected bei bet because ausef their laying is insignificant the name of the race of worms wormy must b be a written on every card the operation of laying lasts about forty hours each female lays on od an average about four hundred eggs and the most mat fruitful five hundred they will lay luy nearly all of these between the time of separation say bay at two pm and dusk the eggs mid laid during this period are generally considered the best and alad most vigorous and that they may be kept separate tei tel it is well at this time to transfer all the females to other cards on which to deposit the balance of their eggs mark mank the first cards no one and the cards carda on which the moths lay jay balance baisnee of their eggs no two this same game rout robt routine I 1 no of pairing and separating the moths and securing the eggs must be gone through with each day until all the moths have come out of the cocoons and laid their eg eggs having performed these last acts aai and kieft left their eggs behind them for the propagation of their species both male and female die a natural death the eggs egga at first of a yellow jonquil color become successively grey then of a slate tint these variations of shade take place in about two weeks but the barren eggs do not change their color are easily detected by their becu cebu 11 liar ilar ar aspect and by a light central concavity ca vity which does not exist in those which having been duly fec undated are of a good quality to keep your eggs safely for the next season you may roll together careful lythe cards and place them in tiffi tim boxes perforated with holes so as tp gabd give the eggs plenty of air the ba boxes 6 2 to be e preserved should be bb placed in a cool dool room roona 0 og in a cellar but an icehouse ia la far more preferable in fine during the wint erand every mo man athe t boxes should be exposed a few ml minutes to the open air in order to preserve the eggs from all moul moui diness sile SILK NG having conveniently stored the eggs for fon forthe the next crop I 1 will now give ginyou you a short description of the silk reeling operations in france and italy there are innumerable domestic filatures paia fila tures where the cocoons raised by bk one or more families are reeled by the wives and daught daughters ers erd of the bleeders breeders bre eders these employ from one to nive five or six reels and the art of reeling is preserved in families from gen generation er to generation but the raw silk produced from these small factories is ls always of an inferior quality there are also aiso also aiso iti those countries large establishments lish ments or filatures fila tures which employ from fifty to five hundred reels rem these establishments have a superintendent who is thoroughly and aMy a perfect master in every department of that business women and girls work at the reeling under his direction at these large factories the most perfect berfect silk is reeled which command commane commands the highest price the reeling of cocoons seems a alpar p p ari arl antly a very simple operation b but U t I 1 it is in reality a difficult and delicate de licater one it requires much much muck experience R a continual and nice attention e all ti a skilful suppleness in the fingers which is seldom found I 1 save bave in a ladys fingers and yet all ladles ladies do not possess it to the same degree of perfect tion U I 1 Is admitted that good silk can only ionly be made by a good female ree lerf lero iero the thil people people of utah ar are e a very peculiar people being composed of natives of every nation nanon of christendom A few French swiss and italian sisters ean can noo now ba found berei here bere I 1 think 6 reel with the crop the above dl digression aslon eom compels com comp veis Vels els eis me to postpone the fe description of the silk reeling operation to the next chapter maril MANTI CITY sas SAN SANPETE pete rETE co march loth 1869 I 1 editor jEd ifor deseret news sir sin will you youl 4 plea tell the folks through the coid cold nind of youg youghaper paper that the tho people feel first rate none have died nor not are I 1 likely key to dio die for want of bread the tho wa weather ather is lt very nine fine here and our farmer have shave com fenced to put in their wheat most blost all our land has been well summer fallowed fallowes fall owed and is in good condition we expect to reap a harvest next fall that will astonish the natives foreign grasshoppers not excepted about three thousand perches of good rock have been out from our stone quary 1 during the past winter A general fe feeling lin I 1 exists amongst tho the brethren to improve an and ana build up a city that shallie shall bo worthy the namo name of of county seat for forSan san pete peto there thero f are as good people living here hore as caniba found any where and in addition to them awe wo have good land good water good fire i wood good timber good coal good stone quarry and a good climate and if any good folks want to live in such a place why just let lot them come coad along thano tharo is plenty of lana land and water almost every sister in this place belongs ito tto the female relief belief society and the institution ution is doing much good good its members clothe and feed the poor and hungry visit the sick and mind their own business generally ilvo ivo heard some peo people sax say that women canu cault assemble together th tout sout out gossiping and meddling w with ith evois evoli every evory blodys business but not so lvis ivis I 1 visited ono one of their meetings about two weeks ago they were all busy some were cutting tf ng and tearing rags for carpets and some were making pantaloons others again were cutting out blocks or squares for quilts and cover coyer lids and sewing and quilting and all for the poor of whom thank the lord there are axe but very few in this place our cooperative operative co store is in ruil full blast ju judge d g 0 pe peacock a 0 o ck an and ana I 1 tuttle wattie fox turned in the their stock P c of goods 0 ds and the brethren subscribed ex ra bed 3 a and ana n dp paid paia gad 1 in nearly learly three thousand dollars yours truly I 1 1 11 1 ARTIST C f t talt y W VF 2 W ft 9 i s als ali am jy v s 0 antin y a A air sit ay editor deseret retas sm in these days of go a heal head enterprise in the tho development of the resources resource a of our mountains ana and band valleys I 1 beg to call attention to the splendid whito white sand stone that is found foland in spring kanyon some two miles from Co alville this rock is adaptable to all kind of building purposes and it is inexhaustible the of this rock over the red butte butto and others generally used in iaan lyan juse juso city can only be realized through the practical use uso of it ia can bo be cut out furfar less than tho the price usually paid for dressing red butte butto or the cottonwood cotton wood granite anite and is p peculiarly adapted for the I 1 choicest 1919 I 1 kind of moul dings cornices cornicks cor nices and tracey windows of the most refined taste in modern modem architecture tee tec turo ture this whis stone maintains its color colora ardd arid did fid 1 is also aiso 1 free from iron beds and pebbles and not liable to decay the who contemplated lin 0 from toe tot cho eho city will soon goon be completed which is in close proximity to the when quarries the railway 4 is salt lake city I 1 be believe this rock can edn be te delivered cheaper in the too city than any other kind samuel P F boyts esq is building one of the tho finest mansions mansio N in the territory out of this same stone three sides are cut tho the are aro and pointed circular window caps cornices cornicks cor nices nicea ac I 1 give to it a rich and noble appearance when finished it will probably be the finest house in this territory parties who are about to build would do well to pause and see the further development I 1 of this beautiful rock yours respectfully S baal ya AL iSA samuel MUEI carlisie L stone cu cutti ft e |
