| Show Tit SUDDENLY YOU SEIM !0 Aslk Anndly Begin again How Do Silkworm Spin Silk? a nilli Brand new r' wyflKvww! g$ SALT 11 i It wa TZHIZZ I i HO U n I v 'll 'IRWUIMR I ILj sends g complete set of The Children’s to Lenorg Bullock aged 10 of Bingham Canyon for her question The Chinese have been cultivating the silkworm for almost 3000 years Each generation of silkworms produces only one crop of silk And the whole Job is done in one short month With all that experience the Chinese have eome to understand the fancy fellow very well They know his habits and how to pamper his moods They can fusa over his ‘ diet and keep him " comfortable The silkworm Is actually a caterpillar Like all insects he lives through a number of different stages He begins life as an egg which hatches into a small grub The grub grows its skin or mblting In time he settles down to go to the pupa stage He sleeps In a cocoon of softest golden sleep-Isilk If left alone the little creature wiU finally dissolve his way out of his silken blanket He will emerge as a furry moth with soft wings and feathery antenna no has silkworm Certainly the plans for making silk dresses He makes silk to cozy himself during his pupa stage We get the silk by stealing it from him before he wakes up In fact the long thread of silk Is no use to us if he baa broken it to pieces on out So the pupa is put to sleep permasilk thread la unwound The goldea cocoon the before nently is simply and painlessly dried In hot air ANDY sltin 'ilih 1 n - If ever you have looked into your mirror and longed to have the sort smooth supple skin of youth you will welcome this most amazing of at beauty treat menu Not in 34 days 14 days or avert 7 but overnight you be gin to see a miracle happen From the moment you soothe on Lanolin Plus Liquid its superabundance of pure gentle begin to penetrate As you sleep skin dryness goes-d- ry skin worries never return as long as Lanoun Pips Liquid Is used choles-terol-este- rs regularly “Crow’s Feet" and dry skin lines soften and appear to blend away And suddenly you seem to begin again with e brand new akin Your friends will be green with envy For only fl plus tax wherever cosmetics are sold if 7 9 V d uw'd his-wa- y LITTLE creature actually begins to make bis silk as as he hatches from the egg state He starts to eat food is mulberry leaves Jhey must be dry and slightly wilted He has a huge appetite for he la building not only a body but a supply of silk The silk making is done by silk glands in his body He eats and eats for about a month During this time he molts four times Ills reservoir of liquid silk grows as his body grows7 After 'the last molt the hungry fellow eats twice his weight In mulberry leaves every day for eight or nine days Then he stops eating He mopes around searching for a dry twig lifts the front part of his body and climbs to a suitable perch When set he starts to use his spinnerets These are small valves at the tall end of his body The silk comes out of tiny faucets and hardens into fine thread in the air The first silk spun Is coarse and strong enough to secure the little creature to his twig Later the thread becomes finer It is woven around and around in a figure eight design And it takes a single thread about half a mile long to make the He whole cocoon Remember Q ‘ A Remove your lily from the pot being careful not to PROFESSIONAL QUALITY disturb the roots and plant outside in a favorable garden AT 10W COST location where it will get plenty of sun Plant so that No other rotary tiller the bulb is about six inches offers Ouch performance quality deep Do not cut off the foliend value as the Howard Rota age It will eventually die actor Bulldog! down Continue to care for Built to professional standards your plant in ordinary garden for home and garden the manner and it should bloom wheels are powered forward by the world’s largest manufacturer of rotary tillage marlin ca boyd ITRIII IMS NORTH RICK Perth e Nig hwey No 91 9-46- 92 AU M 0 SGEED 49c lb and up fREE USE with III lrytUf ti i o W tr dm-Hri- 0rll NURSERY is M ( tor Yoor REDWOOD am s i 2911 imncImm t n n-n- n W Q During a recent windstorm and snow my pyramidal arborvitae turned dry and brittle almost overnight Can you please tell me what to do for them HCT Pocatello Idaho ot rotor-actio- L again perhaps next year but not at Easter I have a large potted Easter lily The blootps have dropped off How do I go about transplanting it outside? Does the foliage have to be cut offr S R Smithfield Utah and Mrs W K Salt Lake City n speed is adjustable is controlled rugged construction and a Briggs and Stratton engine assure long dependable service See the job the Bulldog will do today— it’s made CANYON— When BINGHAM picture of a Utah winner Lenora Bullock of a set of Children’s Hour Books in the Salt Lake Tribune she asked her mother to get her a set of these books Her mother suggested she send in a question to Andy and see if she could win a set of the books The question and the suggestion paid off for the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Bullock 137 Highland Boy Today she V has the complete set of 16 books Her question HIIow do silkworms spin silk?" was submitted about two months ago She was studying about silk at the time in the fourth grade at the Highland Boy School and the question came naturally “Kathy” as she Is called by her friends fits right in the middle of five children and she is sharing the reading pleasures with hfcr two brothers and two sisters Her teachers report she is an excellent student and is looking forward to spending many hours of Teading about children and events all around the world Transplant Easter Lilies RIU$ by low-co- In the Winner’s Circle TIE there is only an LANOUN Lenora Bullock looks forward to yean of reading enjoyment with Children's Hour books she yon by a query ‘ A The cold and storm no doubt “burned” the foliage of your arborvitae Shear them back to live foliage and water well father permitting it will pay to sprinkle the foliage almost daily If they are not too badly damaged to save a burlap windbreak may be of some help LA Wll MOWER Illllam sand soil and leaf mold Keep in a sunny window and it should grow into a thriving house plant Q Will you please give me some information on raising amaryllis bulblets to blooming size When can I take them away from the mother bulb for best results from both small and large bulb? Two years ago I took two out of the pot and they have not bloomed yet What did I do that was wrong? Mrs N M Preston Idaho with the purchase of our Tiller at $13750 The 1 i ROTO-H- Of World's Gordon A Do not remove the smaller bulbs let them fall off naturally then repot them In small pots with of the bulb out of the soil A Q I have heard that it is clay or silt loan! enriched with cow manure and bonemeal Is possible to grow an attractive a good potting soil Old bulbs plant from an avocado seed Will you please tell me how to should be repotted in as small do this and what kind of soil a pot as possible and the bulbs and care it requires A R most of the way out of the soil Salt Lake City Keep pots in a cool shaded place until growth A The large central seed is starts Amaryllis fall to bloom when planted in too large lots suspended in a glass of water by string or toothpicks with or if not properly rested also the bottom of the seed just at because of improper culture First sign of growth will be water level When roots develop it should be potted in a ' the flower stem When this mixture of equal parts sharp f t i Continued on Page 27 1 Are The Products Most Popular Tractor two-thir- I I V - - S TILLER DILL Aod ckomto Thml Work to Mootoro 4033 Highland Drive fooo " 1 $7-21- 10 1 or 17-41- 01 '1 Soil Lake City Sunday i v I |
