A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Tree Wit
A Manual Containing Information Respecting the Growth of the Mulberry Tree Wit
J H Jonathan Holmes Cobb
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" Another method of destroying the chrysalis, is by the use of alchohol. On this subject Mr. Williams, of Elm Hill, Roxbury, says : " The first cocoons I raised were killed by putting them in a close tin ket- tle, after turning in a gill of high wines, throwing a net over to keep them from the alchohol, covering them close, and placing the kettle in the warm sun. The evaporation kills the chrysalis without staining the cocoons. The two last seasons, I have found New England Rum would answer the... same end. By this process, the embryo seems not to exude any thing to stain its shroud, as it does by steaming and baking. " There are other methods of stifling the Worm ; but as the foregoing are considered the most easy, con- venient and effectual, we pass them unnoticed. THE SILK WORM. 63 CURING COCOONS. The next thing in order, is the preservation of the cocoons ; for unless they are well cured and preserv- ed, they will be reeled with difficulty and furnish but a small quantity of a very inferior quality of silk.
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