Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-15
Nj. &c. 6. KREMER & CO.
roundings. Ordinarily fire will not be necss-

roundfngs. Ordinarily fire will not be neces-
sary, excepting on cold or rainy days.
DrV Fresh Ledres.-Never feed damp,
sweaty leaves Better let the worms go unfed
a whole day, for this dampness Is injurious
to the silkworms. BY keeping the leaves in
a dry, dark cellar two feeds can always be
kept on hand and, in case OF necessity, enable
the breeder TO bridge over a wet, rainy day.
Care should be taken not to put the leaves
too thick, for then they pack and heat. Oc-
casional stirring will prevent this, ana they
should always be well dried just before feed
ing.
Model Sill -Room-Any welI-ventilated
room or out-building in which a stove can
be placed will answer. If many worms are
to be raised 1t is necessary to have sufficient
supply of boxes two feet wide, four feet long,
three inches high and framework into
which these boxes slide on stats with YER
teal space of one foot, if crampsd for space;
eighteen inches through is preferable between
the boxes. Two boxes can be placed side by
side with passsge-way OF three feet on each
side, to permit of convenient feeding, clean
ing, etc. The tiers can be continued up as
high as the room will permit, and length
wise subject TO same condition
Spinning Sil-To provide for this, in IL
Gated by the worms leaving the feed aud
seeking place to climb, small t%igs or firm
reeds may be placed in the boxes, or hand
arches may De formed between the
The most convenient way is TO have frame
work of vertical stats fastened to two hori-
zontal cleats, the cleats to be as long as the
boxes are wide, and the Stats of a length to
fl between the boxes-one resting the top
of one box, and the other braced
against the one above it; the
cleats should be about three
fourths of an inch square, and the Stats, ct
haIf-inch stuff, should be fastened on each
side OF the cleats, about one inch apart, so as
to have two rows of stats to each two cleats;
the cleats should be fastened about two and
a half inches from the ends of the sla $.
Two of these frameworks set up in a box of
worms, each about a foot from the opposite
ends, gives ample spinning space to the
worms and leaves plenty OF room to feed
those that are longer maturing.
To Stife or XII ChTysqLis lasids Of Sitt Co.
cooR.-Place the silk cocoons, two or three
deep, in tight shallow boxes with glass COW
ers; sst these all day in hot Gun. Another
way is to spread thinly, and subject in an
oven to a heat of 200o Fahrenheit for three
hours; or you can place the cocoons in a
pan and set into a larger pan containing
water; place the charge in an oven hot enough
TO boil the water for twenty minutes, taking
care that the cocoons do not become
scorched; or you can subject them to press
ure of dry steam in a tight box for ten min
ntes- a commnn- way in -EraEna is to pnt I
the coeoons into a brick oven after baking I
of bread has been removed.
trust this desert ptio1 of a model silk
room, feeding etc, will give your many
readers the true idea of practical and highly
profitable silk calture in the South. Per-
sons writing for further information should (
enclose a self addressed stamped envelope.
P WALLACE McK1TTRICK,
Memphis, tennessee