Silk-culture directory and silk-caterpillars disorders by Barricelli G

Author:Barricelli, G[erardo] [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Sericulture
Publisher: [Holden, Missouri, Mississippi Valley silk-culture enterprise]
Published: 1884-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

In the lirst two days, after having them chanr/ed and situated on from twelve to fourteen hittice-like shelves, they must be fed with discreti<>:i, but after that time they must be covered with leaves one or t\\o inches dee ^, siv times in twenty-four hours, and if they linish them in less than half of an hour, they must receive more : in short, they ??2K.s'/^ eat continuously; if otherwise, they vvill spin bad c(,c'0()ns. If tlie season is very warm, the leaves must bo giver-in less quantity and oftener. Total amount of leaves eaten by nearly 39,000 Caterpillars is about 1,300 pound;. At least every other day the Caterpillars must be cha igcd in this age. If many Caterpillars have not b.'cn lost in previous ages, and if the weather is ver}' damp, it is better to situiite Uwm in more than twenty-foi.r shelves, as shown in the table. To make it eas} chang,3 tie Caterpillais at four different times of the day, a part each time. Wb.en they are chang >d on the seventh day of this age, the sheets of straw paper must nol be Japped, on the shelves (as it

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