Show sericulture charter CHAPTER 7 FOURTH acie acte the worms with proper care surviving now from one ounce should have a space equal to 83 square feet and should be equally distributed aa as already prescribed the temperature should not be less than 68 63 de drees dor more moro than 71 ae cording according to dandolo but when it rises aa as at this season it evidently may higher compensation means must be sought by instant removal of all litter liable to fermentation give due circulation and ventilation through the be careful not to lift the worms after the third age from the hurdles until nearly A all are roused it is however advisable to place the early aroused in the coolest place of the house the on one e part waiting a day or a day and a half for the other I 1 la Is as said before not injured place the last aroused in the warmer part of the house be it remembered that moderate increase of heat sharpens the appetite aud and accelerates its growth and vicc vice cc versa it may be retarded if the above rules are observed they will advance to the maturity of their fourth age sixteenth day give seven pounds and a balf of young shoots and twelve of picked coarse chopped leaves with a large blade when the moment of removing the worms from the hurdles arrives one or two hurdles only at a time should be covered with young shoots these shoots when loaded with worms are afterwards put on the shelves and removed as in the first moult ing irig there may remain many upon the hurd hurdles lesy less which as yet have not strength to climb the young bough whilst those removed will have eaten all the leaves off the young hoots shoots and of necessity want to be fed d a proportion of the twelve pounds of leaves before named at the end of this day the worms begin to evince renewed vigor I 1 the he i more nimbly they grow they lose their ugly color and become slightly white and assume more animal vivacity seventeenth day thirty three pounds of leaves slightly cut up will now be wanted the first bo tile ligh lightest ceat teat the last most copious the worms now grow fast and their skin con vo o wb wullen iten ilen eighteenth day 43 pounds slightly cut the former meals of the day to be the most plentiful ae tui tul nineteenth day rl 61 pou pot pounds ds cut as above tha the wor worms ms now b begin g I 1 n to grow rapidly and reach one and a half inches long twentieth day reduce to 26 pounds of the picked leaves the appetite diminishes let the first meal be the largest and gradually lessen till the last several are beginning to become torpid with discrimination give leaves to prevent waste and fermentation only as they are wanted the worms are now one inch and three fourtha fourths long iong twenty first day of picked leaves give beven seven pounds which are buff lelent for this day they now begin to decrease in size since bince they lose part of their substance before they sink into torpor the color of their wings becomes changed and their skin is now DOW wrinkled twenty second day the worms rouse on this day and accomplish their fourth age in about seven days the worms have accomplished their fourth boulting moul ting the insects are now assuming a darker color or grayish with a red tinge when tha co do coon eries are kept clean mhd air of the is preferable to the external from the odor of the fresh leaves ci CHAPTER 8 FIFTH AGE abe this age of the silkworm is th the 0 longest and most decisive As they grow inthis in this age they are liable to three evils lat the quantity of fluid hold they disengage every day is occasioned by transpiration and evaporation of the leaves ad the mephitic exhalation daily emitted rom the matter of the insects ard 3rd the dam damp P as well as the hot sta eta state to of the atmosphere of the coc coe bonery the dons tiona of these adverse circumstances may inflict injury upon the insects the skin of the worm by these them means ig Is liable to relaxation to lose the langor decrease of appetite and unless the couse be arrested will cause sickness and death sad the quantity of or vital vita principle in the air is lessened by the la in creased vegetable fermentation and exhalations exha lations aggravated by tile the heat of the season therefore it ia is very necessary to keep the free from all vegetable and matter so as to keep the tho worms healthy X twenty wenty third day at this time nearly all the worms are roused or have accomplished their fourth boulting moui moul tine ting the should be at the temperature of 68 or 70 they they must now be accommodated with square feet of hurdles in the first day of the fifth age they should occupy about square feet about 18 pounds of the young shoots or of common sized leaves not sorted and also IS 18 pounds of picked and sorted leaves the IS 18 pounds of shoots or other leaves on which the worms were removed and after they are all removed the othe other r IS 18 pounds of leaves awauld be divided into four meals twenty fourth day there will be required ori on this day 54 pounds of leaves assorted and divided into eight mea meals Is the first to be the liast least and the last most plentiful twenty fifth day the worms will now require 81 84 pounds of assorted leaves divided into eight feeds the same as on the previous y day twenty sixth day the proportion of leaves this day must be pounds assorted leaves and fed aa as prior the voracious period of the worm is now rapidly advancing some are two iwo wo and a half inches long twenty seventh day one hundred and sixty two of picked leaves will be wanted if necessary the worms should have intermediate beeda when the regular distribution of leaves be devoured in less les a than an hour and a half the worm need not receive any unil miili the regular feeding which is every three hours twenty eighth aay day give pounds af pf picked keayes divided into in eight feeds the idaet to be the most abundant some soma of the worms are now th three ree reo inches twenty ninth day give this day ISO pounds of well assorted leaver jho the dist meal to be ba the largest est fed as before named and diminished I 1 ane zhe a gradually the extremities 1 jot the insect are now of a ehin ahin ing hue thirtieth day the appetite dimidi diminishes aies this day so as only pound leaves will be required to be given at eight meals the yellowish color now extends from ring to ring and gathering to the edge of oc the hurdles indicates their advancement van cemen cement t to maturity thirty first day their wants now diminish and only require 99 ibs lbs fo to be distributed with care and discretion as wanted thirty gemond day during this day the fifth age will be terminated and the ine rising begins everything should now be cleansed and kept clean they are now being perfected fici coed which is known by the fol signs instead of eating they get upon the leaves put upon the hurdles adless rearing up their heads 2nd and when looking althem horizontally zon tally they appear of bf a whitish yellow transparent color 3rd ard when they leave the centre contra of the hurdles and crawl and try to reach the edges and crawl up them ath when they fasten to th the inside of the edges of the hurdles ath th when their ring draws in and their greenish color changes to a deep golden goiden hue ath when their skin becomes wrinkled n kled about the neck and their bodies feel like soft dough ath when taken in the hand and looking through it it assumes the appearance of the transparency of a ripe yellow plum the piani usual for them to spin is to put pub bome some small email boughs ef gf oak and others for them to crawl upon apon and in small places papers screwed up uv but in the cocoon eries erles in europe th they thoy eyare are filled up with racks such admy be seen in mr tiers cod coo donery salt lake city the spinning is now fairly commenced |