Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 246
s, and if a place is notarranged for them, so that they may disgorge thissilk fluid, they will die. The worm is now as large as your fin-ger, and of an ashy gray color. I have not yet told you that black antsare the silk-worms mortal enemies, andthat you will be sure to find them inyour cocoonery.… … SPINNING-BRANCHES them all, for they are then so tender that onepinch or bite will prove fatal. Now that your worms are ready to spin, youmust get ready the spinning-branches. These arebundles of dry twigs from which the leaves havebeen taken, or bunches of straw. The bunchesshould be as thick as…
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