Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9781230153339

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...at first, if pieces of Mulberry 1 av. sare laid by or oyer them they soon commence eating. They may be placed on papers or cloths, and laid on tables whilst hatching, and fed there a few days, when they are removed on a net work frame, and there to be fed until the tune of spuing their balls. Rut in no wise must they be exposed to the rays of the sun either the eggs or worms The lime for propagation is when the foliage becomes sufficient for stripping to feed the worms We learn that in Kurope they have but one hatching season, which is about the middle of May, and the last of June their feeding season is over; but a mode has been discovered among us of late by some of our experimenting fellow countrymen to procrastinate the eggs from hatching to our convenience. This mode is to pface itte eg in ice house in dry vessels, and when prepared for the worms, bring the eggs into a warm aim sphere, and they hatch perfectly wellanv t during the summer. But Ki&vumsi oe taken to depiwit the eggs in the icehouse in the winter time before warm weather. This is nothing more than prolonging their winter, As to the qualify of American cocoons or silk, 1 will refei you to the authority of Italian and French silk growers and English manufacturers, who report to us that no silk in the world will excel the American as to the quality of silk on a given amount of cocoons, or the superiority of the silk in its texture. Ten lbs. cocoons are alkwed to make one bushel with the floss on, and one bushel is allowed to make one pound of raw silk, reeled ready for market or manufacturing. When raw silk is wortha lb. a bushel of cocoons Is well worth $l,2c "Twenty-five hundred cocoons-will make one pound reeled silk. There is a ready market for raw silk or...

Download or read book The Farmers' Cabinet, and American Herd-Book Volume 2 written by Anonymous and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...at first, if pieces of Mulberry 1 av. sare laid by or oyer them they soon commence eating. They may be placed on papers or cloths, and laid on tables whilst hatching, and fed there a few days, when they are removed on a net work frame, and there to be fed until the tune of spuing their balls. Rut in no wise must they be exposed to the rays of the sun either the eggs or worms The lime for propagation is when the foliage becomes sufficient for stripping to feed the worms We learn that in Kurope they have but one hatching season, which is about the middle of May, and the last of June their feeding season is over; but a mode has been discovered among us of late by some of our experimenting fellow countrymen to procrastinate the eggs from hatching to our convenience. This mode is to pface itte eg in ice house in dry vessels, and when prepared for the worms, bring the eggs into a warm aim sphere, and they hatch perfectly wellanv t during the summer. But Ki&vumsi oe taken to depiwit the eggs in the icehouse in the winter time before warm weather. This is nothing more than prolonging their winter, As to the qualify of American cocoons or silk, 1 will refei you to the authority of Italian and French silk growers and English manufacturers, who report to us that no silk in the world will excel the American as to the quality of silk on a given amount of cocoons, or the superiority of the silk in its texture. Ten lbs. cocoons are alkwed to make one bushel with the floss on, and one bushel is allowed to make one pound of raw silk, reeled ready for market or manufacturing. When raw silk is wortha lb. a bushel of cocoons Is well worth $l,2c "Twenty-five hundred cocoons-will make one pound reeled silk. There is a ready market for raw silk or...