Show tERI sericulture CULTURE CHAPTER CHAFTER 4 I 1 FIRST stage AFTER HATCHING hearing and find feeding count daudon iii iti giving in his prescript as t rearing of the to the cocoon says bays 1 I must suppose that the silkworms are kebl kehL until the first moul moui ting at 75 of temperature between 73 and 75 until boulting moul ting be wuen 71 tend and 73 until the thir dand daud lastly between 68 and 71 until the fourth boulting moul ting one of the foundations of the art of rearing thu the silkworm is 18 to know the various degree heat beat in iu which thesila the silkworm should live if this precept be not enforced nothing ban he performed with exact riess I 1 is alheit asserted ed ili ill W mr Ros Rort coes comb comp e or abrica agriculture lf mitie fille that it la is not rela ive to heat suitable bui sUi tabie table to the condition of the so I 1 industrious D du sarious bisects hi inn sects acta it can sald said that silkworms ale aie it ir aured by any degree of heat in thi climate however it may be but bui a sudden change from moderate to violent heal heat or the re to verse injurious ou on feeding I 1 mr bopst though we have not much faith mathematical rules vet yet vet a as a they may be of some soma probable use to the in in 1 a ascertaining the arnou amount tit of food for his hia family of bornis worms c we wo give them I 1 it such subh extracts tra c ts fro frum from in published by authority of in 1828 in this we shall give the pro scribed airi airl amount dunt on each eich consecutive day of their tife life ife with regard 0 o the day of their respective ages it is stated by iby dr lard lardner lier iier that it takes hurdles ofa gf 8 aquaro feet of space in tho first ago or of the cormis hatched from one ounce of e eggs and in the second age 15 square feet thud i quare feet the fourth age 83 square feet and in the fifth or last ase age square feet havin bavin having g four moul moui tings tinga which occur having completed their growth in n about 33 days prior to spinning the hurdles should be numbered td I 1 2 3 4 etc and am each days dails hatching kept separate and fed as follows rollow iet let day at luter intervals vais Vals bf lit two hours bours apart three quart qu quarters arters artera ers 0 of f a pound und of chopped leaves cut very hie and sprinkled ou on the vt vew new w hatched hatche d worms which a are re l of an inch long lla give tbt the ili ill ph nty af room freu ferd t them e regul regular tvr tir four times a da day Y says aas ras count Lau lan dolo if ou wah to have strong and healthy worms second day gippone give one ands andi anda a quarter of chipped leaves feed them at four differ different end eni intervals dividing the time equally and giving the small email pst quantity at the filst first feeding aud and so increase gradi gradually bally third day kivit four our meas meals co of three and one fourth pounds pound cut tine fiut as beoo before to nam dam eathey will now begin to turn a sort of hazel color and the b bristly appearance i of var nish dish when viewed through a convex lens their surface looks shining something like mother of peari pearl transparency fourth day as the worm approaches boulting moul ting a diminution of appetite occurs let lei the first meal be about three fourths ot of a pound and one pound four ounces divided at the other mother meals giving them plenty of room whilst moui moul MOU lEing ting so as to avoid their bleed bleep ing in a crowded state by gently kently separating and spreading them some bome at thre tire beginning of this dayube first appearance of change is indica indicated tedi worms begin to shake their head hend sand thus express uneasiness atthe at the increasing tension of their skin some scarcely eating any and keep their heads in an elevated position their bodies appear transparent those nearer the boulting moul moui ting time when seen against the light are or tit a livi 1 yellow tinge but the greater number at the close of the day appear torpid and cease to eat fifth day the young leaves chopped as before about half a pound should be scattered thinly over them at four mand jand several times towards the end of the day as a general thin thing the worms are torpid and begin even to revive after this modi ting they are of an a ah h co color lorand and should be clearl cleansed sed from their debris so aa as to keep keer them healthy and strong after wa they have have all nil recovered P 8 be sure to use the yo young leaves only in this stage |