Silk culture: a manual with complete instructions in sericulture .. by Buckner M. C. Mrs

Author:Buckner, M. C., Mrs. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Silkworms. [from old catalog]
Publisher: Peoria, Ill., J. W. Franks & sons, printers
Published: 1885-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

worms. On a rack of this size can be reared one half ounce of eggs. Xo mating boxes are needed ; if you wish to make one take a pasteboard box and place partitions through it, or put the silk moths in small pasteboard boxes, but I think that to lay them on a table answers every purpose. Any person can construct the racks, trays and frames.

For few worms there is not much needed. As the cultivator advances in the art new ideas will present themselves. Two such racks as I have described can be set in a room fifteen feet square, and one ounce of silkworm eggs can be raised in that space. It would be well to tack very loose, open muslin over the windows, and take out the sash in daytime, to admit all the air possible, and close them at night if cool, leaving space for ventilation always. In case of storms of heavy thunder close the shutters and windows while it lasts. Always remember that proper ventilation the worms must have for fear of disease. When silk-raising becomes universal, as I believe it will, it may then be necessary to construct some kind of a building to be used as a cocoonery, and as the life of a silkworm is short, it would be advisable to make it convenient for other purposes. It could be constructed so as to answer the balance of the year for a hay barn. The silkworms would have spun their cocoons before the hay would be gathered in. In any case, either for house or barn, the frames I have described would be suitable for any building. The larger the building the more could be made, and they are so simple anyone can construct them. A building 20 by 40 would have the capacity for rearing one hundred thousand worms.

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