Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 247
cocoons are likelyto scorch. To stifle by steam, youput them in a commonsteamer and steam asyou would potatoes ora pudding. Thirty min-utes is long enough foithem to remain in thesteamer. This last mode is saidto be the best of all,as the steaming softens the gum and improves theluster of the silk.… … STRING 01- COCOONS. i883.] WORK AND PLAY FOR YOUNG FOLK. 229 You should never ship them in a green state,before or after stifling, unless you are specially re-quested to do so, for they lose in weight for more T^^^^i^ 1 V^lQmSrfJtrnirD^ •■
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